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Locality Name:
Pájara, Fuerteventura, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 32.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 22.9

mindat Locality ID: 243024
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243024.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pájara, Fuerteventura, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Esquinzo-Butihondo
FV-2 Roadcuts West Of Barranca De Butihondo
FV-605 Road Cutting East Of La Pared
La Lajita
Morro De Jable

Latitude: 28°7'10"N
Longitude: 14°15'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.119444444444,-14.265277777778

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	Calcite	Clay	Gismondine	Gypsum	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite

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 Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Clay Gismondine Gypsum Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Gismondine ()*	Gypsum ()*
Natrolite ()*	Offretite ()*	Quartz ()*	Saponite ()*

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
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	32.4	22.9	1	108919	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	32.4	22.9	1	108924	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	32.4	22.9	4	108919,108922,108923,108924	27770
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	32.4	22.9	1	108924	128
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	32.4	22.9	3	108920,108922,108925	6890
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	32.4	22.9	1	108924	1236
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	32.4	22.9	1	108924	146
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	32.4	22.9	4	108918,108919,108922,108923	61156
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	32.4	22.9	1	108925	301

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
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.

5 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_0000631	27.5	27.5	27.5			Yes		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	Yes		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	Yes		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	Yes	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	Yes	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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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