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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:
Güéjar Sierra, Sierra Nevada, Granada, Andalusia, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 260

mindat Locality ID: 232290
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232290.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Güéjar Sierra, Sierra Nevada, Granada, Andalusia, Spain": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Eduardo Mine
Teresa Mine
Valdeinfierno Valley

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 F Fe H Hg Mg O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteFluoriteNoneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteTitanite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)260260110802327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2260260110802427198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS22602601108024162
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS26026011080232600
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)226026011080239895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF226026011080239617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS260260110802324243
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)626026011080231066
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2260260110802661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO226026011080265614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2602602108024,1080266417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)26026011080232473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS260260110802321482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O26026011080264899



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedcu-00624260260Triassic     Yes Cu195468Granada, Andalusia, SpainGranadaCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 


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