Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Esquinzo Ultra-alkaline Complex, Fuerteventura Basal Complex, Fuerteventura, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 32.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 21.8

mindat Locality ID: 233764
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233764.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Esquinzo Ultra-alkaline Complex, Fuerteventura Basal Complex, Fuerteventura, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 28°37'6"N
Longitude: 13°59'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.618333333333,-13.9925

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Titanite ()*	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: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet Mica
Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Spinel Titanite Tridymite Zircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	32.4	22.9	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	32.4	22.9	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	32.4	22.9	1534
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	32.4	22.9	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	32.4	22.9	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	32.4	22.9	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	32.4	22.9	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	32.4	22.9	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	32.4	22.9	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	32.4	22.9	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	32.4	22.9	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	32.4	22.9	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	32.4	22.9	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	32.4	22.9	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	32.4	22.9	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	32.4	22.9	9056
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	32.4	22.9	598
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	32.4	22.9	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	24.1	22.9	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000624	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes and veins. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline syenite, ijolite, alkali pyroxenite, gabbro and syenite; basaltic and trachytic lavas.
Jen_0000625	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes and veins. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline syenite, ijolite, alkali pyroxenite, gabbro and syenite; basaltic and trachytic lavas.
Jen_0000626	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes and veins. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline syenite, ijolite, alkali pyroxenite, gabbro and syenite; basaltic and trachytic lavas.
Jen_0000627	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes and veins. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline syenite, ijolite, alkali pyroxenite, gabbro and syenite; basaltic and trachytic lavas.
Jen_0000631	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ijolite, nepheline syenite, basalt and nephelinite.
Jen_0000632	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ijolite, nepheline syenite, basalt and nephelinite.
Jen_0000633	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ijolite, nepheline syenite, basalt and nephelinite.
Jen_0000634	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ijolite, nepheline syenite, basalt and nephelinite.
Jen_0000635	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ijolite, nepheline syenite, basalt and nephelinite.

9 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0000624	24.2	24.2	24.2			Yes		135081	Fuerteventura Basal Complex, Fuerteventura, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain	Fuerteventura, Ajui-Solapa	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000625	24.9	23.1	24.0±0.9	K-Ar	biotite, feldspar	Yes		135081	Fuerteventura Basal Complex, Fuerteventura, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain	Fuerteventura, Ajui-Solapa	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000626	23.6	21.8	22.7±0.9	K-Ar	biotite	Yes		135081	Fuerteventura Basal Complex, Fuerteventura, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain	Fuerteventura, Ajui-Solapa	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000627	25.9	24.1	25.0±0.9	K-Ar	biotite	Yes		135081	Fuerteventura Basal Complex, Fuerteventura, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain	Fuerteventura, Ajui-Solapa	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000631	27.5	27.5	27.5					233764	Esquinzo Ultra-alkaline Complex, Fuerteventura Basal Complex, Fuerteventura, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain	Fuerteventura, Esquinzo	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000632	32.4	23.8	28.1±4.3	K-Ar	feldspar, phlogopite			233764	Esquinzo Ultra-alkaline Complex, Fuerteventura Basal Complex, Fuerteventura, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain	Fuerteventura, Esquinzo	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000633	27.9	25.9	26.9±1.0	K-Ar	feldspar, phlogopite			233764	Esquinzo Ultra-alkaline Complex, Fuerteventura Basal Complex, Fuerteventura, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain	Fuerteventura, Esquinzo	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000634	23.4	23	23.2±0.2	U-Pb	zircon		Zircon	233764	Esquinzo Ultra-alkaline Complex, Fuerteventura Basal Complex, Fuerteventura, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain	Fuerteventura, Esquinzo	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000635	24.1	22.9	23.5±0.6	U-Pb	zircon		Zircon	233764	Esquinzo Ultra-alkaline Complex, Fuerteventura Basal Complex, Fuerteventura, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain	Fuerteventura, Esquinzo	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

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