Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Cerro Moreno Volcano, Almagro, Campo De Calatrava Volcanoes, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 8.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1.6

mindat Locality ID: 253238
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253238.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro Moreno Volcano, Almagro, Campo De Calatrava Volcanoes, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chabazite	Ettringite	Harmotome	Hydrotalcite	Lévyne	Natrolite	None	Thomsonite
Tridymite

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 H K Mg Na O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chabazite Ettringite Harmotome Hydrotalcite Lévyne Natrolite None Thomsonite
Tridymite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Hydrotalcite ()*
Lévyne-Ca ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Phillipsite-Ca ()*	Thaumasite ()*
Thomsonite-Ca ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	8.7	1.6	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	8.7	1.6	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	8.7	1.6	310
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	8.7	1.6	167
Hydrotalcite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Al₂CO₃(OH)₁₆(H₂O)₄	8.7	1.6	87
Lévyne-Ca ()*	Lévyne	Ca₃(Si₁₂Al₆)O₃₆·18H₂O	8.7	1.6	42
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	8.7	1.6	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	8.7	1.6	884
Phillipsite-Ca ()*	Harmotome	Ca₃(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	8.7	1.6	75
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	8.7	1.6	183
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	8.7	1.6	452

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000587	MAGMATIC STYLE: Extrusive breccia and tuff ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Lavas and pyroclastic rocks of melilitite, nephelinite, leucitite and alkali olivine basalt; mantle xenoliths abundant.
Jen_0000588	MAGMATIC STYLE: Extrusive breccia and tuff ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Lavas and pyroclastic rocks of melilitite, nephelinite, leucitite and alkali olivine basalt; mantle xenoliths abundant.
Jen_0000589	MAGMATIC STYLE: Extrusive breccia and tuff ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Lavas and pyroclastic rocks of melilitite, nephelinite, leucitite and alkali olivine basalt; mantle xenoliths abundant.
Jen_0000590	MAGMATIC STYLE: Extrusive breccia and tuff ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Lavas and pyroclastic rocks of melilitite, nephelinite, leucitite and alkali olivine basalt; mantle xenoliths abundant.

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0000587	6	6	6	K-Ar	Yes	105666	Campo De Calatrava Volcanoes, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain	Calatrava	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000588	8.7	8.7	8.7	K-Ar	Yes	105666	Campo De Calatrava Volcanoes, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain	Calatrava	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000589	6.4	6.4	6.4	K-Ar	Yes	105666	Campo De Calatrava Volcanoes, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain	Calatrava	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000590	4.7	1.6	4.7-1.6	K-Ar	Yes	105666	Campo De Calatrava Volcanoes, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain	Calatrava	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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