Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Filón Sur Open Pit (Filón Sur Mine), Tharsis Mines, Tharsis, Alosno, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 397
Youngest recorded age at locality: 299

mindat Locality ID: 158668
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158668.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Filón Sur Open Pit (Filón Sur Mine), Tharsis Mines, Tharsis, Alosno, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°35'47"N
Longitude: 7°6'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.596388888889,-7.1105555555556

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Corundum	Diaspore	None	Rocksalt

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 As C Cl Fe H O Pb S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Cl Fe H O Pb S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Corundum Diaspore None Rocksalt

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Beudantite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Mimetite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	383	323	413
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	383	323	4979
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	383	323	1382
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	383	323	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	383	323	14640
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	383	323	1107

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
vms-00904	383	323	Upper Devonian-Lower Carboniferous			Yes	265657	San Guillermo Mine, El Guijo, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain	San Guillermo-Sierra	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00857	359	299	Carboniferous			Yes	8416	Almagrera Mine, Tharsis, Alosno, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain	Almagrera-Lapilla-Nueva Almagrera	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
Kristen002121	397	309	353±44	Re-Os		Yes	252247	Tharsis Mines, Tharsis, Alosno, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain	Tharis Mining District	González et al. (2002)	10.1144/0016-764901-142	JGSL159_229
Kristen002122	360.9	336.3	348.6±12.3	Re-Os	mineralization age of massive sulphide and stockwork	Yes	252247	Tharsis Mines, Tharsis, Alosno, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain	Tharis Mining District	González et al. (2002)	10.1144/0016-764901-142	JGSL159_229
vms-00865	383	323	Upper Devonian-Lower Carboniferous			Yes	252247	Tharsis Mines, Tharsis, Alosno, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain	Cantareras	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00873	383	323	Upper Devonian-Lower Carboniferous				158668	Filón Sur Open Pit (Filón Sur Mine), Tharsis Mines, Tharsis, Alosno, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain	Filon Sur-Esperanza	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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