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Locality Name:
Esquinzo-Butihondo, 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: 255352
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255352.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Esquinzo-Butihondo, Pájara, Fuerteventura, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Road FV-2

Latitude: 28°4'43"N
Longitude: 14°18'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.078611111111,-14.306388888889

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
NoneQuartz

1 IMA Minerals at location:
Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO232.422.9110891861156



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000631MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ijolite, nepheline syenite, basalt and nephelinite.
Jen_0000632MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ijolite, nepheline syenite, basalt and nephelinite.
Jen_0000633MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ijolite, nepheline syenite, basalt and nephelinite.
Jen_0000634MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ijolite, nepheline syenite, basalt and nephelinite.
Jen_0000635MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ijolite, nepheline syenite, basalt and nephelinite.


5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Jen_000063127.527.527.5     Yes  233764Esquinzo Ultra-alkaline Complex, Fuerteventura Basal Complex, Fuerteventura, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, SpainFuerteventura, EsquinzoWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_000063232.423.828.1±4.3K-Ar feldspar, phlogopite  Yes  233764Esquinzo Ultra-alkaline Complex, Fuerteventura Basal Complex, Fuerteventura, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, SpainFuerteventura, EsquinzoWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_000063327.925.926.9±1.0K-Ar feldspar, phlogopite  Yes  233764Esquinzo Ultra-alkaline Complex, Fuerteventura Basal Complex, Fuerteventura, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, SpainFuerteventura, EsquinzoWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_000063423.42323.2±0.2U-Pb zircon  YesZircon  233764Esquinzo Ultra-alkaline Complex, Fuerteventura Basal Complex, Fuerteventura, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, SpainFuerteventura, EsquinzoWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_000063524.122.923.5±0.6U-Pb zircon  YesZircon  233764Esquinzo Ultra-alkaline Complex, Fuerteventura Basal Complex, Fuerteventura, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, SpainFuerteventura, EsquinzoWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 


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