Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Saelices El Chico, Salamanca, Castile And Leon, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 36.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33.2

mindat Locality ID: 235440
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-235440.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saelices El Chico, Salamanca, Castile And Leon, Spain": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ciudad Rodrigo

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

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Fluorite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Zircon

Ankerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Fluorite Marcasite Mica None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Zircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	36.4	33.2	1	109317	3092
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	36.4	33.2	1	109317	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	36.4	33.2	1	109317	27198
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	36.4	33.2	1	109317	566
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	36.4	33.2	1	109317	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	36.4	33.2	1	109317	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	36.4	33.2	1	109317	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	36.4	33.2	1	109317	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	36.4	33.2	1	109317	14640
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	36.4	33.2	1	109317	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	36.4	33.2	1	109317	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	36.4	33.2	1	109317	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	36.4	33.2	1	109317	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	36.4	33.2	1	109317	21482
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	36.4	33.2	1	109317	2718

1 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
	EG89_584-001	36.4	33.2	34.8±1.6	U-Pb	FIG. 9. 207Pb/204Pb vs. 235U/204Pb plot for pitchblende samples from the Fe and Alameda de Cardon deposits; Table 2 not extracted		pitchblende							203253	Águila Area (Fé Mine), Ciudad Rodrigo, Saelices El Chico, Salamanca, Castile And Leon, Spain	Fé Deposit, Salamanca Province, Spain	Both et al. (1994)	10.2113/gsecongeo.89.3.584	EG89_584

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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