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Locality Name:
Bellota Ravine, Chóvar, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 88
Youngest recorded age at locality: 80

mindat Locality ID: 281515
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281515.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bellota Ravine, Chóvar, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Lealtad Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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: Ag Al As Ba Br C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg I K Mg Mn Ni O S Sb U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAndalusiteArthuriteChenevixiteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideriteTetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Arthurite  (*)Asbolane  (*)Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Malachite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Perroudite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arthurite  (*)ArthuriteCuFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O8880111078535
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O88801110785143
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2888011107855509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O88801110785150
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)28880111078590
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS888011107852600
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)88801110785363
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)488801110785175
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)28880111078512537
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O88801110785182
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)88801110785492
Perroudite  (*)NoneAg4Hg5S5(I,Br)2Cl28880111078523
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O88801110785428
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13888011107855317



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
Hg-001158880 K-Ar     Cinnabar, PerrouditeHg134862Lealtad Mine, Bellota Ravine, Chóvar, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain Tritlla and Sole (1999); Tritlla and Cardellach (2003)   


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