Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Aznalcóllar, Seville, Andalusia, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 383
Youngest recorded age at locality: 298

mindat Locality ID: 203709
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203709.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aznalcóllar, Seville, Andalusia, Spain": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Aznalcóllar Mine
Caridad Mine
Cuchichón Mine
Los Frailes Mine
Zarcita Mine

Latitude: 37°31'8"N
Longitude: 6°14'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.518888888889,-6.2380555555556

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Feldspar	Kobellite	Marcasite
Meneghinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite
Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Jaskólskiite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Meneghinite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nuffieldite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Au Bi Co Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Bi Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Bournonite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Copper Feldspar Kobellite Marcasite
Meneghinite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stannite
Stibnite Tetrahedrite Zircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	383	299	0		8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	383	298	1	108261	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	383	299	0		1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	383	299	0		1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	383	298	1	108261	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	383	299	0		843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	383	298	1	108261	1089
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	383	299	0		5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	383	298	2	108261,108264	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	383	298	1	108261	966
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	383	298	2	108261,108264	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	383	299	0		30554
Jaskólskiite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu_xPb_2+x(Sb,Bi)_2-xS₅ (x ≈ 0.15)	383	323	1	108264	15
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	383	323	1	108264	5674
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	383	299	0		158
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	383	299	0		17380
Nuffieldite ()*	Kobellite	Cu_1.4Pb_2.4Bi_2.4Sb_0.2S₇	383	299	0		32
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	383	298	3	108261,108264,108265	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	383	323	1	108264	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	383	298	2	108261,108264	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	383	299	0		5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	383	298	2	108261,108264	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	383	299	0		668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	383	298	2	108261,108264	5317
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	383	298	1	108261	5251

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
vms-00861	383	323	Upper Devonian-Lower Carboniferous			203709	Aznalcóllar, Seville, Andalusia, Spain	Aznacollar	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00866	359	299	Carboniferous			203712	Caridad Mine, Aznalcóllar, Seville, Andalusia, Spain	Caridad	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00887	383	323	Upper Devonian-Lower Carboniferous			203710	Los Frailes Mine, Aznalcóllar, Seville, Andalusia, Spain	Los Frailes	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
DeepDive-Co-0051	330	298	330-298	Variscan deformation age	Yes	230048	Las Cruces Mine, Gerena, Seville, Andalusia, Spain	Las Cruces deposit	Martinez-Abad et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.10.021	OGR66_344	Variscan deformation age

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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