Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Africana Mine, Fombuena, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 30
Youngest recorded age at locality: 30

mindat Locality ID: 221837
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221837.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Africana Mine, Fombuena, Zaragoza, Aragón, 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

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.

Atacamite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Cyanotrichite	Diaspore	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz

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 C Cl Cu Fe H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Cl Cu Fe H O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Atacamite Chalcopyrite Copper Cyanotrichite Diaspore Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinoatacamite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*
Cyanotrichite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	30	30	5509
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	30	30	27198
Clinoatacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	30	30	43
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	30	30	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	30	30	2970
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	30	30	179
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	30	30	144
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	30	30	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	30	30	7437
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	30	30	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	30	30	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	30	30	61156

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	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
	sedcu-00621	30	30	Oligocene							Yes			Cu	19467	Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain	Zaragoza	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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