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Locality Name:
Sierra Alhamilla, Almería, Andalusia, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 48
Youngest recorded age at locality: 17.5

mindat Locality ID: 132517
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132517.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sierra Alhamilla, Almería, Andalusia, Spain": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Pechina
Pelite Outcrops
Rioja
Tabernas

Latitude: 36°57'54"N
Longitude: 2°33'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.965,-2.555

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Adelite	Alunite	Amarantite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Carpholite
Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Corrensite	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Staurolite

Amarantite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Cookeite ()*	Ferrocarpholite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Magnesiocarpholite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*
Metaheinrichite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Saliotite ()*
Scorodite ()*	Segnitite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sklodowskite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Alunite Amarantite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Carpholite
Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Corrensite Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Malachite
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Staurolite

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Amarantite ()*	Amarantite	Fe³⁺₂O(SO₄)₂·7H₂O	48	48	1	107807	22
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	21.9	17.5	1	107815	1310
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	48	17.5	3	107807,107810,107815	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	48	48	1	107807	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	48	48	1	107813	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	48	48	3	107807,107810,107813	11547
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	48	48	1	107809	132
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	48	48	2	107807,107813	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	48	48	1	107810	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	48	48	1	107807	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	48	48	1	107813	1382
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	48	48	1	107807	363
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	21.9	17.5	1	107815	181
Ferrocarpholite ()*	Carpholite	Fe²⁺Al₂Si₂O₆(OH)₄	21.9	17.5	1	107815	25
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	48	48	1	107810	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	48	48	3	107807,107809,107810	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	48	48	1	107807	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	48	48	2	107807,107813	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	48	48	1	107807	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	48	48	1	107811	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	21.9	17.5	1	107815	1507
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	48	48	1	107813	581
Magnesiocarpholite ()*	Carpholite	MgAl₂Si₂O₆(OH)₄	21.9	17.5	1	107815	23
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	48	48	1	107807	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	48	48	1	107813	12537
Metaheinrichite ()*	None	Ba(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	48	48	1	107807	19
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	48	48	1	107809	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	48	48	1	107811	17380
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	48	17.5	2	107811,107815	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	48	48	1	107807	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	48	48	2	107808,107813	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	48	48	2	107809,107810	1725
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	21.9	17.5	1	107815	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	48	48	2	107807,107810	61156
Saliotite ()*	Corrensite	(Li,Na)Al₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₅	21.9	17.5	1	107815	2
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	48	48	1	107807	1153
Segnitite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	48	48	1	107809	134
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	48	48	2	107807,107810	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	21.9	17.5	1	107815	1516
Sklodowskite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·6H₂O	48	48	1	107807	56
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	48	48	1	107810	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	21.9	17.5	1	107815	978

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Grew_Li_2019_0095	48	48	48									Saliotite		132517	Sierra Alhamilla, Almería, Andalusia, Spain	Turrillas, eastern Alpujarrides, Sierra Alhamilla, Betic chain, Andalusia, Spain (type)	Platt et al. (2005)	10.1144/0016-764903-039	JGSL162_451
	Scott-JP42_1373-0001	21.9	17.5	19.7 ± 2.2	U-Pb	Age of metamorphism		zircon				Zircon			68189	Schist Outcrops, Tabernas, Sierra Alhamilla, Almería, Andalusia, Spain	Schist Outcrops	Zeck and Williams (2001)	10.1093/petrology/42.7.1373	JP42_1373

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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