Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Guadalperal Prospect, Almadén, Almadén District, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 429.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 358.2

mindat Locality ID: 194168
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194168.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guadalperal Prospect, Almadén, Almadén District, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°46'26"N
Longitude: 4°44'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.773888888889,-4.7397222222222

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.

None

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: Hg S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Hg S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
None

1 IMA Minerals at location:

Cinnabar ()*

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
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	429.7	361.3	0		2600

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Hg-00028	Mercury mineralization at Almaden is hosted by Paleozoic sedimentary and mafic volcanic rocks that unconformably overlie Pre-Ordovician basement rock in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	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-00028	429.7	361.3		Ar-Ar				Yes	Calomel, Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Schuetteite	Hg	3115	Almadén Mine, Almadén, Almadén District, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain		Hall et al. (1997)	10.1016/S0012-821X(97)00041-1	EPSL148_287	Lower Silurian was onset of mineralization, continuing mineralization until Upper Devonian. W/ 2 main episodes of mineralization "one in early Silurian time and another ending in early Carboniferous time. This suggests, in turn, that mercury was deposited both by the alkali basalt volcanic rocks and by later Hercynian metamorphism or magmatism. The early event remains poorly constrained, although it probably took place shortly after deposition of the ore-hosting Lower Silurian Criadero quartzite"
Hg-00028-Las-Cuevas	364	362.4	363.2 ± .8	Ar-Ar	minimum age of illite	illite	sc87/403	Yes		Hg	133000	Las Cuevas Mine, Almadén, Almadén District, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain	Las Cuevas	Hall et al. (1997)	10.1016/S0012-821X(97)00041-1	EPSL148_287	Ar retention ages are equivelent to K-Ar ages, so, represent the minimum age of illite formation
Hg-00028-El Entredicho-01	360.8	360	360.4 ± .4	Ar-Ar	minimum age of illite	illite	ee4	Yes		Hg	130643	El Entredicho Mine, Almadenejos, Almadén District, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain	El Entredicho	Hall et al. (1997)	10.1016/S0012-821X(97)00041-1	EPSL148_287	Ar retention ages are equivelent to K-Ar ages, so, represent the minimum age of illite formation
Hg-00028-El Entredicho-02	359	358.2	358.6 ±.4	Ar-Ar	minimum age of illite	illite	sme32/1	Yes		Hg	130643	El Entredicho Mine, Almadenejos, Almadén District, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain	El Entredicho	Hall et al. (1997)	10.1016/S0012-821X(97)00041-1	EPSL148_287	Ar retention ages are equivelent to K-Ar ages, so, represent the minimum age of illite formation
Hg-00028-El Entredicho-03	363.1	361.5	362.3 ± .8	Ar-Ar	minimum age of illite	illite	sme32/2 < I um	Yes		Hg	130643	El Entredicho Mine, Almadenejos, Almadén District, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain	El Entredicho	Hall et al. (1997)	10.1016/S0012-821X(97)00041-1	EPSL148_287	Ar retention ages are equivelent to K-Ar ages, so, represent the minimum age of illite formation
Hg-00028-El Entredicho-04	361.1	359.5	360.3 ±.8	Ar-Ar	minimum age of illite	illite	sme32/2 < 0.2 um	Yes		Hg	130643	El Entredicho Mine, Almadenejos, Almadén District, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain	El Entredicho	Hall et al. (1997)	10.1016/S0012-821X(97)00041-1	EPSL148_287	Ar retention ages are equivelent to K-Ar ages, so, represent the minimum age of illite formation

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