Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sierra De Baza, Baza, Granada, Andalusia, Spain

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

mindat Locality ID: 240277
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240277.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sierra De Baza, Baza, Granada, Andalusia, Spain": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Calar De San José

Latitude: 37°22'16"N
Longitude: 2°50'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.371111111111,-2.8480555555556

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	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Enargite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Geocronite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sartorite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bismite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Jordanite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marrite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sartorite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi C Cu Fe H K Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Enargite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Geocronite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sartorite Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

32 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	260	260	0		8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	260	260	0		2353
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	260	260	1	107983	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	260	260	0		9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	260	260	0		5509
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	260	260	0		214
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	260	260	0		1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	260	260	0		716
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	1	107983	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	260	260	1	107983	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	260	260	0		27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	260	260	0		376
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	260	260	1	107983	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	260	260	1	107983	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	260	260	1	107983	910
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	260	260	1	107983	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	260	260	1	107983	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	260	260	1	107983	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	260	260	0		14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	260	260	1	107983	1689
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	260	260	1	107983	105
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	260	260	0		12537
Marrite ()*	None	AgPbAsS₃	260	260	1	107983	8
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	260	260	0		17380
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	260	260	1	107983	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	260	260	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	260	260	1	107983	61156
Sartorite ()*	Sartorite	PbAs₂S₄	260	260	1	107983	11
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	260	260	0		6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	260	260	1	107983	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	260	260	1	107983	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	260	260	1	107983	1803

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
	sedcu-00624	260	260	Triassic							Yes			Cu	195468	Granada, Andalusia, Spain	Granada	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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