Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Las Herrerías, Sierra Almagrera, Cuevas Del Almanzora (Cuevas De Vera), Almería, Andalusia, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 229525
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229525.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Las Herrerías, Sierra Almagrera, Cuevas Del Almanzora (Cuevas De Vera), Almería, Andalusia, Spain": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Berja Mines (Grupo Minero Berja)
Las Herrerías Mines (Coto Minero Las Herrerías)

Latitude: 37°16'12"N
Longitude: 1°47'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.27,-1.7938888888889

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.

Allargentum	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite
None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Cuprite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Fluorcalcioroméite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Macedonite ()*	Malachite ()*
Oxyplumboroméite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allargentum Aragonite Baryte Calcite Copper Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum Malachite
None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	107726	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	107726,107727	11547
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	107726	4979
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	107726	1382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	107726,107727	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	107726	2970
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	1	107727	180
Fluorcalcioroméite ()*	Pyrochlore	(Ca,Na)₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₆F	1	107726	8
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	107726	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	107726,107727	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	107726,107727	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	107726	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	107727	14640
Macedonite ()*	Perovskite	PbTiO₃	1	107727	5
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	107726	12537
Oxyplumboroméite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb₂O₇	1	107726	33
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	107727	1425
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	107726	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	107727	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	107726,107727	5186

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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