Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Albuñol, Granada, Andalusia, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 260

mindat Locality ID: 282039
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282039.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Albuñol, Granada, Andalusia, Spain": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Fabiola Mine (Balduino Y Fabiola Mine)

Latitude: 36°48'7"N
Longitude: 3°10'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.801944444444,-3.1827777777778

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	Cyanotrichite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Spangolite	Sphalerite	Sulphur

Aurichalcite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Plattnerite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Spangolite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Cl Cu F Fe H Hg Mg Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Cyanotrichite Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Spangolite Sphalerite Sulphur

22 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	260	260	1	107960	919
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	1	107960	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	260	260	1	107960	4979
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	260	260	1	107960	2600
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	260	260	1	107960	179
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	260	260	1	107960	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	260	260	1	107960	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	260	260	1	107960	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	260	260	1	107960	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	260	260	1	107960	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	260	260	1	107960	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	260	260	1	107960	1066
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	260	260	1	107960	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	260	260	1	107960	12537
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	260	260	1	107960	158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	260	260	1	107960	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	260	260	1	107960	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	260	260	1	107960	2473
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	260	260	1	107960	105
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	260	260	1	107960	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	260	260	1	107960	2045
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	260	260	1	107960	1655

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedcu-00624	260	260	Triassic							Yes			Cu	195468	Granada, Andalusia, Spain	Granada	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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