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Locality Name:
Monte Romero Mine, Almonaster La Real, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 340
Youngest recorded age at locality: 340

mindat Locality ID: 204927
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204927.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monte Romero Mine, Almonaster La Real, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Cu Fe Pb S Sb Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Bi Cu Fe Pb S Sb Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteBournoniteChalcopyriteLöllingiteNonePyriteRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Löllingite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS34034009052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi34034001966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS434034005516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS334034001089
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2340340027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS340340024243
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs23403400762
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2340340039462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS340340021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1334034005317



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
vms-00891340340Upper Devonian-Lower Carboniferou       S204927Monte Romero Mine, Almonaster La Real, Huelva, Andalusia, SpainMonte RomeroMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 


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