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Locality Name:
Eugui, Esteríbar, Navarre, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 323.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 315.2

mindat Locality ID: 257390
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-257390.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eugui, Esteríbar, Navarre, Spain": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Asturreta Quarry (Militares Quarry)
Azcárate Quarry (Azkarate Quarry)

Latitude: 43°0'29"N
Longitude: 1°30'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.008055555556,-1.5113888888889

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: Al Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O P S Sb Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousAragoniteBaryteCalcioferriteCalciteChalcopyriteDiasporeMalachiteNone
PhosphosideritePyriteQuartzSphaleriteTetrahedrite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Bariosincosite  (*)Baryte  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Evansite  (*)
Fluellite  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mcguinnessite  (*)Metavariscite  (*)Minyulite  (*)Montgomeryite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)
Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)323.2315.22110657,1106583250
Bariosincosite  (*)NoneBa(VO)2(PO4)2·4H2O323.2315.211106584
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)323.2315.2111065811547
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O323.2315.21110658280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)323.2315.22110657,11065827770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S323.2315.22110657,1106585707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2323.2315.22110657,11065827198
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6323.2315.21110658310
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2323.2315.22110657,1106589895
Evansite  (*)AmorphousAl3(PO4)(OH)6·8H2O323.2315.2111065856
Fluellite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)F2(OH)·7H2O323.2315.2111065840
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)323.2315.22110657,1106587437
Graphite  (*)NoneC323.2315.22110657,1106582812
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)323.2315.22110657,1106581487
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2323.2315.22110657,11065812537
Mcguinnessite  (*)MalachiteCuMg(CO3)(OH)2323.2315.2111065834
Metavariscite  (*)PhosphosideriteAl(PO4)·2H2O323.2315.2111065827
Minyulite  (*)NoneKAl2(PO4)2F·4H2O323.2315.2111065831
Montgomeryite  (*)CalcioferriteCa4MgAl4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O323.2315.2111065844
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O323.2315.21110658182
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4323.2315.21110658369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2323.2315.22110657,11065839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2323.2315.22110657,11065861156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)323.2315.211106586417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS323.2315.2111065821482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13323.2315.22110657,1106585317



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000269Magnesite and Dolostone formations in the Asturreta Member


1 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
Giersdorf_00000269323.2315.2323.2-315.2 Age applied to a conglomerate in the lower part of the Asturreta formation    Dolomite, Magnesite 3127Azcárate Quarry (Azkarate Quarry), Eugui, Esteríbar, Navarre, SpainAzcárate QuarrySanz-López et al. (2012)10.1016/j.geobios.2011.09.003G45_397 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050241Eugui, Esteríbar, Navarre, Spainhttps://rruff.info/R050241


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