Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Oriental Mine, El Hembrar, Chóvar, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 88
Youngest recorded age at locality: 80

mindat Locality ID: 157128
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157128.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oriental Mine, El Hembrar, Chóvar, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Baryte	Clay	Coronadite	Malachite	Mica	None	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

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 Ba Bi C Cl Cu H Hg K Mn O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Bi C Cl Cu H Hg K Mn O S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Clay Coronadite Malachite Mica None Pyrochlore Quartz Stibnite Tetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Corderoite ()*	Hollandite ()*
Kenhsuite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Stibiconite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	88	80	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	88	80	1935
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	88	80	2600
Corderoite ()*	None	Hg₃S₂Cl₂	88	80	16
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	88	80	243
Kenhsuite ()*	None	Hg₃S₂Cl₂	88	80	3
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	88	80	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	88	80	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	88	80	61156
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	88	80	446
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	88	80	5317

1 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
	Hg-00119	88	80		K-Ar						Yes		Cinnabar, Corderoite, Kenhsuite, Mercury	Hg	157127	El Hembrar, Chóvar, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain		Tritlla and Sole (1999); Tritlla and Cardellach (2003)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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