Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Seville, Andalusia, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 383
Youngest recorded age at locality: 298

mindat Locality ID: 23926
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23926.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Seville, Andalusia, Spain": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Aznalcóllar
Cazalla De La Sierra
El Castillo De Las Guardas
El Madroño
El Pedroso
Gerena
Guadalcanal
Las Cabezas De San Juan
Lebrija
Morón De La Frontera

Latitude: 37°30'35"N
Longitude: 6°9'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.509722222222,-6.1652777777778

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Cobaltite	Copper	Diaspore	Digenite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Harmotome	Kobellite	Löllingite
Marcasite	Meneghinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Polybasite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Xanthoconite	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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay
Cobaltite Copper Diaspore Digenite Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Harmotome Kobellite Löllingite
Marcasite Meneghinite Mica Nickeline None Polybasite Prehnite Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite Xanthoconite Zircon

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gudmundite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Harmotome ()*	Jaskólskiite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Luzonite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Meneghinite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nuffieldite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Xanthoconite ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	383	298	3	108260,108284,108287	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	354	354	1	108279	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	383	298	2	108260,108261	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	330	298	2	108275,108277	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	383	298	1	108269	450
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	383	299	1	108260	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	383	299	1	108260	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	383	298	2	108261,108279	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	383	299	1	108260	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	383	298	2	108260,108261	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354.7	298	2	108279,108287	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	383	299	1	108260	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	354.7	353.3	1	108279	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	383	323	1	108268	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	354	354	1	108279	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	383	298	3	108261,108264,108279	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	383	298	1	108261	966
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	330	298	1	108276	144
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	354	354	1	108279	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	354	354	1	108279	300
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	330	298	3	108284,108286,108287	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	383	298	1	108269	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	383	298	5	108261,108264,108267,108269,108279	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	330	298	1	108277	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	383	299	1	108260	30554
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	330	298	1	108267	170
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	330	298	1	108289	6890
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	354.7	353.3	1	108279	290
Jaskólskiite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu_xPb_2+x(Sb,Bi)_2-xS₅ (x ≈ 0.15)	383	323	1	108264	15
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	330	298	1	108281	762
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	354	354	1	108279	198
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	383	323	1	108264	5674
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	383	299	1	108260	158
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	383	298	1	108269	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	383	299	1	108260	17380
Nuffieldite ()*	Kobellite	Cu_1.4Pb_2.4Bi_2.4Sb_0.2S₇	383	299	1	108260	32
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	354	354	1	108279	249
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	330	298	4	108284,108285,108286,108287	1898
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	354	354	1	108279	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	330	298	1	108267	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	383	298	6	108261,108264,108265,108271,108272,108279	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	383	323	1	108264	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	383	298	4	108261,108264,108269,108289	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	383	299	1	108260	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	354.7	353.3	1	108279	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	354.7	353.3	1	108279	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	383	298	3	108261,108264,108267	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	383	299	1	108260	668
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	354	354	1	108279	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	383	298	2	108261,108264	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	330	298	2	108284,108287	4899
Xanthoconite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃AsS₃	354	354	1	108279	89
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	383	298	1	108261	5251

8 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
vms-00861	383	323	Upper Devonian-Lower Carboniferous								203709	Aznalcóllar, Seville, Andalusia, Spain	Aznacollar	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00866	359	299	Carboniferous								203712	Caridad Mine, Aznalcóllar, Seville, Andalusia, Spain	Caridad	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00887	383	323	Upper Devonian-Lower Carboniferous								203710	Los Frailes Mine, Aznalcóllar, Seville, Andalusia, Spain	Los Frailes	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00869	383	323	Upper Devonian-Lower Carboniferous								204892	Castillo De Las Guardas Mine, Minas Del Castillo De Las Guardas, El Castillo De Las Guardas, Seville, Andalusia, Spain	Castillo Guardas	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
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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