Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 88
Youngest recorded age at locality: 80

mindat Locality ID: 222643
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-222643.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain": 93
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 52

Number of Child Localities: 31
Child Localities:
Aín
Alfondeguilla
Almedijar
Almenara
Altura
Artana
Bejís
Benafer
Betxí
Borriol
Castellnovo
Castillo De Villamalefa
Caudiel
Chóvar
Cortes De Arenoso
Culla
La Pobla Tornesa
Lucena Del Cid
Onda
Pavías
Sacañet
Segorbe
Soneja
Torás
Torre D'En Besora
Vall D'Uixó
Vall De Almonacid
Villahermosa Del Rio
Villavieja
Viver
Zucaina

Latitude: 39°54'10"N
Longitude: 0°-18'-15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.902777777778,-0.30416666666667

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Analcime	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arthurite	Atacamite
Autunite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Chenevixite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Devilline	Diaspore	Dundasite	Enargite	Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar
Gypsum	Liroconite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	Mixite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group
Pharmacosiderite	Prehnite	Pumpellyite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Roselite	Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tyrolite	Vivianite
Wurtzite	Zircon

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: Ag Al As Ba Bi Br C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg I K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Alunite Amphibole Analcime Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arthurite Atacamite
Autunite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Chenevixite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Coronadite Corundum Devilline Diaspore Dundasite Enargite Epidote Epsomite Feldspar
Gypsum Liroconite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Mica Mixite Natrolite None Not in a structural group
Pharmacosiderite Prehnite Pumpellyite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Roselite Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Sulphur Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Tyrolite Vivianite
Wurtzite Zircon

111 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aerinite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Analcime ()*
Anglesite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arthurite ()*	Asbolane ()*
Atacamite ()*	Attikaite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bariopharmacosiderite ()*
Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bieberite ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chenevixite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Claraite ()*	Clinoatacamite ()*	Clinoclase ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Conichalcite ()*	Copper ()*	Corderoite ()*	Cornwallite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Devilline ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dundasite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fletcherite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Goslarite ()*
Graphite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Heterogenite ()*	Hollandite ()*	Hörnesite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kenhsuite ()*	Langite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Liroconite ()*
Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mercury ()*
Metazeunerite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Mixite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Olivenite ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Parnauite ()*	Perroudite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pumpellyite-(Fe²⁺) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Richelsdorfite ()*	Rosiaite ()*	Rruffite ()*	Rutile ()*
Sauconite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibiconite ()*	Strashimirite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Theisite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Tyrolite ()*	Yakhontovite ()*	Zálesíite ()*	Zeunerite ()*	Zincolivenite ()*
Zircon ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	110817	3419
Aerinite ()*	Not in a structural group	(Ca,Na)₆(Fe³⁺,Fe²⁺,Mg,Al)₄(Al,Mg)₆Si₁₂O₃₆(OH)₁₂(CO₃)·12H₂O			1	110817	22
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	110760,110817	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	110824	966
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	110760	1627
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			2	110796,110798	2734
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	110777	445
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			5	110756,110829,110834,110835,110839	3250
Arthurite ()*	Arthurite	CuFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O	88	80	1	110785	35
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O	88	80	4	110785,110788,110789,110824	143
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			3	110789,110830,110835	544
Attikaite ()*	None	Ca₃Cu₂Al₂(AsO₄)₄(OH)₄·2H₂O			2	110830,110835	2
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	110817	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	88	80	8	110774,110785,110789,110805,110824,110829,110834,110835	5509
Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	Ba_0.5Fe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·5H₂O	88	80	1	110785	150
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	88	80	12	110751,110752,110755,110782,110783,110787,110788,110789,110814,110824,110826,110837	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	110824	413
Bieberite ()*	Melanterite	Co(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	110789	50
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇			3	110822,110830,110835	450
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	88	80	1	110787	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			16	110756,110757,110767,110768,110770,110771,110780,110796,110797,110798,110801,110820,110834,110835,110839,110842	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	110780	309
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			4	110770,110796,110798,110822	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			2	110789,110824	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			3	110830,110834,110835	5707
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O			1	110835	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			3	110830,110834,110835	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈			1	110817	577
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂	88	80	4	110785,110830,110834,110835	90
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			2	110834,110835	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	88	80	10	110752,110768,110785,110787,110788,110789,110805,110830,110834,110835	2600
Claraite ()*	None	(Cu,Zn)₁₅(CO₃)₄(AsO₄)₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₄·7H₂O			2	110830,110835	40
Clinoatacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			3	110830,110834,110835	43
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃			1	110789	127
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	110817	1025
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	88	80	6	110785,110805,110824,110829,110834,110835	363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			2	110834,110835	3846
Corderoite ()*	None	Hg₃S₂Cl₂	88	80	2	110787,110788	16
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	88	80	4	110774,110785,110824,110835	175
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			3	110830,110834,110835	2970
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O			1	110835	366
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			5	110768,110777,110779,110834,110835	9895
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O			1	110770	97
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄			2	110834,110835	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	110760,110817	8173
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	110760	271
Fletcherite ()*	Spinel	CuNi₂S₄			1	110789	13
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			10	110770,110777,110796,110798,110801,110812,110822,110830,110832,110835	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			10	110767,110770,110771,110797,110801,110803,110820,110824,110837,110842	7437
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O			2	110796,110801	188
Graphite ()*	None	C			3	110795,110796,110801	2812
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS			2	110796,110801	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			3	110810,110830,110835	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			1	110760	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	88	80	18	110751,110755,110760,110771,110780,110782,110783,110788,110789,110797,110803,110814,110817,110818,110820,110826,110837,110842	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	110812	1689
Heterogenite ()*	None	Co³⁺O(OH)			1	110805	111
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	88	80	1	110787	243
Hörnesite ()*	Vivianite	Mg₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	110805	103
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	110777	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			3	110770,110789,110824	2228
Kenhsuite ()*	None	Hg₃S₂Cl₂	88	80	2	110787,110788	3
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O			2	110824,110835	593
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)			2	110789,110824	234
Liroconite ()*	Liroconite	Cu₂Al(AsO₄)(OH)₄·4H₂O			2	110830,110835	18
Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	110760	93
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	110760,110817	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	88	80	12	110752,110768,110774,110785,110787,110789,110805,110822,110824,110829,110834,110835	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			2	110789,110801	5674
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	88	80	1	110788	397
Metazeunerite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	88	80	2	110785,110789	182
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl			3	110822,110830,110835	1107
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O			1	110835	168
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	88	80	1	110787	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			2	110760,110817	1236
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	88	80	8	110774,110785,110789,110805,110824,110829,110834,110835	492
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆			1	110834	158
Parnauite ()*	None	Cu₉(AsO₄)₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·7H₂O			3	110829,110830,110835	105
Perroudite ()*	None	Ag₄Hg₅S₅(I,Br)₂Cl₂	88	80	1	110785	23
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	88	80	4	110785,110789,110805,110835	428
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	110817	1898
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄			1	110789	369
Pumpellyite-(Fe²⁺) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Al₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH,O)₂·H₂O			1	110817	30
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			4	110759,110779,110810,110817	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			2	110810,110824	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	88	80	21	110751,110752,110755,110760,110768,110782,110783,110787,110788,110789,110795,110803,110808,110810,110814,110818,110824,110826,110830,110834,110835	61156
Richelsdorfite ()*	None	Ca₂Cu₅Sb⁵⁺(AsO₄)₄(OH)₆Cl·6H₂O			2	110830,110835	57
Rosiaite ()*	None	PbSb₂O₆			2	110830,110835	8
Rruffite ()*	Roselite	Ca₂Cu(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O			3	110830,110834,110835	4
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	110760	5614
Sauconite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Zn₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	110770	56
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			3	110795,110803,110824	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	88	80	1	110788	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			3	110777,110796,110801	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			5	110770,110777,110798,110801,110832	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	88	80	4	110752,110768,110787,110788	446
Strashimirite ()*	None	Cu₄(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂·2.5H₂O			3	110830,110834,110835	90
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	110832	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	110817	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			5	110774,110805,110829,110834,110835	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	110834	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	88	80	4	110768,110785,110787,110788	5317
Theisite ()*	None	Cu₅Zn₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₁₄			2	110830,110835	58
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			2	110760,110817	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	110760	2562
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O			4	110805,110830,110834,110835	245
Yakhontovite ()*	Smectite-vermiculite Clay	(Ca,Na,K)_0.2(Cu,Fe,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·3H₂O			2	110830,110835	5
Zálesíite ()*	Mixite	CaCu₆(AsO₄)₂(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆·3H₂O			2	110805,110824	84
Zeunerite ()*	Autunite	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	110789	185
Zincolivenite ()*	Andalusite	CuZn(AsO₄)(OH)			3	110830,110834,110835	60
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	110817	5251

2 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
	Hg-00115	88	80		K-Ar								Cinnabar, Perroudite	Hg	134862	Lealtad Mine, Bellota Ravine, Chóvar, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain		Tritlla and Sole (1999); Tritlla and Cardellach (2003)
	Hg-00119	88	80		K-Ar								Cinnabar, Corderoite, Kenhsuite, Mercury	Hg	157127	El Hembrar, Chóvar, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain		Tritlla and Sole (1999); Tritlla and Cardellach (2003)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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