Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Las Cruces Mine, Gerena, Seville, Andalusia, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 354.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 298

mindat Locality ID: 230048
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-230048.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Las Cruces Mine, Gerena, Seville, Andalusia, Spain": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°30'2"N
Longitude: 6°5'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.500555555556,-6.0930555555556

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Digenite	Harmotome	None	Polybasite	Pyrite
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Xanthoconite

Anglesite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Galena ()*	Harmotome ()*
Luzonite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Xanthoconite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Digenite Harmotome None Polybasite Pyrite
Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite Tetrahedrite Xanthoconite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	354	354	2734
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	354	354	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354.7	353.3	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	354.7	353.3	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	354	354	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	354	27198
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	354	354	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	354	354	300
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	354	354	24243
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	354.7	353.3	290
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	354	354	198
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	354	354	249
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	354	354	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	354	39462
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	354.7	353.3	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	354.7	353.3	5186
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	354	354	1803
Xanthoconite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃AsS₃	354	354	89

4 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	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
DeepDive-Co-0041	354.7	353.3	354	U-Pb	U-Pb date of underlying dacite						230048	Las Cruces Mine, Gerena, Seville, Andalusia, Spain		Yesares et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.10.019	OGR66_25	U-Pb date of underlying dacite
DeepDive-Co-0051	330	298	330-298		Variscan deformation age						230048	Las Cruces Mine, Gerena, Seville, Andalusia, Spain	Las Cruces deposit	Martinez-Abad et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.10.021	OGR66_344	Variscan deformation age
Jen_0000389	354.7	353.3	354±0.7	U-Pb	age of mineralization	high	zircon	98-TB-003	Zircon		230048	Las Cruces Mine, Gerena, Seville, Andalusia, Spain	Las Cruces Hanging Wall	Barrie et al. (2002)	10.1007/s00126-002-0302-7	MD37_684	Minimum age for VMS mineralization at eastern edge of IPB
vms-00885	354	354	Upper Devonian-Lower Carboniferous							S	230048	Las Cruces Mine, Gerena, Seville, Andalusia, Spain	Las Cruces	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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