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Locality Name:
Colosal Platífera Mine, Alpartir, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 30
Youngest recorded age at locality: 30

mindat Locality ID: 180781
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-180781.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Colosal Platífera Mine, Alpartir, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°25'20"N
Longitude: 1°23'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.422222222222,-1.3841666666667

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: As Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Sb 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Sb Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAndalusiteAragoniteArsenicArseniosideriteBrochantiteCalciteLöllingiteNonePharmacosiderite
TetrahedriteTyroliteVivianite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Brochantite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)
Cornwallite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Löllingite  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Parasymplesite  (*)Parnauite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Yukonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)303003250
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O30300194
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi303001966
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6303001633
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)30300363
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)430300175
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O30300103
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O30300149
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs230300762
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)30300492
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O30300124
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O30300105
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O30300428
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O303001153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)303006417
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13303005317
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O30300245
Yukonite  (*)NoneCa2Fe3+3(AsO4)3(OH)4·4H2O3030029



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedcu-006213030Oligocene     Yes Cu19467Zaragoza, Aragón, SpainZaragozaCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 


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