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Locality Name:
Aznalcóllar Mine, Aznalcóllar, Seville, Andalusia, Spain

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

mindat Locality ID: 203711
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203711.html

Tectonic Settings: Collisional Boundary

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aznalcóllar Mine, Aznalcóllar, Seville, Andalusia, Spain": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°30'60"N
Longitude: 6°14'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.516666666667,-6.2491666666667

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 Co Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Co Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBournoniteChalcopyriteCobaltiteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite
Zircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Galena  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS38329809052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS438329805516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS338329801089
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2383298027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS3832980966
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS383298024243
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2383298039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2383298061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS383298021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1338329805317
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)38329805251



3 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
vms-00866359299Carboniferous     Yes  203712Caridad Mine, Aznalcóllar, Seville, Andalusia, SpainCaridadMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-00887383323Upper Devonian-Lower Carboniferous     Yes  203710Los Frailes Mine, Aznalcóllar, Seville, Andalusia, SpainLos FrailesMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
DeepDive-Co-0051330298330-298 Variscan deformation age   Yes  230048Las Cruces Mine, Gerena, Seville, Andalusia, SpainLas Cruces depositMartinez-Abad et al. (2015)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.10.021OGR66_344Variscan deformation age


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