Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Calañas, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 383
Youngest recorded age at locality: 320

mindat Locality ID: 204903
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204903.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Calañas, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Calañesa Mine
La Zarza Mine
Perrunal Mine
Salvadora Mine
Sotiel-Coronada Mines

Latitude: 37°41'52"N
Longitude: 6°50'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.697777777778,-6.8497222222222

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.

Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

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 Ba C Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite None Pyrite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cymrite ()*
Galena ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	340	340	1	108063	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	320	320	1	108068	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	320	320	1	108068	1089
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	340	320	3	108063,108067,108068	27198
Cymrite ()*	None	Ba(Si,Al)₄(O,OH)₈·H₂O	340	340	1	108063	46
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	340	320	2	108063,108068	24243
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	383	320	5	108063,108064,108067,108068,108069	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			2	108062,108065	3106
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	108062	1711
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	340	320	2	108063,108068	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	320	320	1	108068	5317

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
vms-00882	340	340	Upper Devonian-Lower Carboniferous	S	195554	La Zarza Mine, Calañas, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain	La Zarza	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00895	340	340	Upper Devonian-Lower Carboniferous	S	204899	Perrunal Mine, Calañas, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain	Perrunal	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00890	340	340	Upper Devonian-Lower Carboniferous	S	204909	Migollas Mine, Sotiel-Coronada Mines, Calañas, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain	Migollas	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00912	320	320	Carboniferous	S	23197	Sotiel Mine, Sotiel-Coronada Mines, Calañas, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain	Sotiel	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00881	383	323	Upper Devonian-Lower Carboniferous		204910	Torerera Mine, Sotiel-Coronada Mines, Calañas, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain	La Torrera	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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