Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Ateca, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain

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

mindat Locality ID: 222520
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-222520.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ateca, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Jacoba Mine
La Estrella Mine (La Carrascosa - Blanca Rosa - Teresa)

Latitude: 41°21'19"N
Longitude: 1°49'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.355277777778,-1.8186111111111

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.

Aragonite	Chalcopyrite	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Stibnite	Sulphur

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: C Ca Cu Fe H O P S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Chalcopyrite Gypsum Malachite None Pyrochlore Quartz Stibnite Sulphur

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Langite ()*	Malachite ()*
Posnjakite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Quartz ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Valentinite ()*

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
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	30	30	1	108463	3250
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	30	30	1	108463	27198
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	30	30	1	108463	6890
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	30	30	1	108463	593
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	30	30	1	108463	12537
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	30	30	1	108463	309
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	30	30	1	108463	369
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	30	30	2	108463,108464	61156
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	30	30	1	108464	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	30	30	1	108464	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	30	30	1	108464	2045
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	30	30	1	108464	369

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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