Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sierra De Gádor, Almería, Andalusia, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 156261
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156261.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sierra De Gádor, Almería, Andalusia, Spain": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Benahadux
Enix
Gádor
Laujar De Andarax
Rágol

Latitude: 36°59'9"N
Longitude: 2°47'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.985833333333,-2.7977777777778

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Epsomite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Marcasite
Mica	Mixite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sulphur

Alunite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Epsomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Wulfenite ()*
Zálesíite ()*

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: Al As C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Cu H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Aragonite Calcite Clay Epsomite Fluorite Gypsum Halotrichite Marcasite
Mica Mixite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sulphur

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	107818,107826	966
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	107820	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	107819,107823,107826	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	107823,107824	4979
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		3531
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	107819	484
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	107823,107824	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	107823,107824	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	107819,107826	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	107819	409
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	107819	2228
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	107819	1487
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	107819,107826	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	107818	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	107819	128
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	107819,107826	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	107818,107819	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	107824	2473
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	107819,107826	2045
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	107818	1655
Zálesíite ()*	Mixite	CaCu₆(AsO₄)₂(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆·3H₂O	0		84

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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