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Locality Name:
Manzanares El Real, Community Of Madrid, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 307
Youngest recorded age at locality: 277

mindat Locality ID: 283917
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283917.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Manzanares El Real, Community Of Madrid, Spain": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Arroyo De La Yedra
Hueco De Coberteros (La Pedriza)

Latitude: 40°46'53"N
Longitude: 3°50'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.781388888889,-3.8461111111111

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 Be Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Na O Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBerylClayFeldsparGarnetKaoliniteMicaNonePyroxeneQuartz
SpinelTitaniteZircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine-augite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Annite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Clino-ferri-holmquistite  (*)Clino-ferro-ferri-holmquistite  (*)Ferri-leakeite  (*)Ferri-pedrizite  (*)Ferro-actinolite  (*)
Ferro-ferri-pedrizite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Tainiolite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O63072771110120286
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)30727711101208803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)330727711101201534
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)23072771110120356
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1811101214286
Clino-ferri-holmquistite  (*)Amphibole   Li2(Mg3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)227727711101201
Clino-ferro-ferri-holmquistite  (*)Amphibole   Li2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)227727711101201
Ferri-leakeite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Mg2Fe3+2Li)Si8O22(OH)230727711101204
Ferri-pedrizite  (*)AmphiboleNaLi2(Mg2Fe3+2Li)Si8O22(OH)230727711101201
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)23072771110120129
Ferro-ferri-pedrizite  (*)AmphiboleNaLi2(Fe2+2Fe3+2Li)Si8O22(OH)230727711101201
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)430727711101205591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4307277111012014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)30727711101204924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2307277111012017380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2307277111012061156
Tainiolite  (*)MicaKLiMg2Si4O10F2307277111012040
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O30727711101204899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)30727711101205251



3 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
Alexandra-0104307307307 Age of intrusion      13543Arroyo De La Yedra, Manzanares El Real, Community Of Madrid, SpainArroyo de la Yedrade Pedraza et al. (2014) BOOK_LLS_2014_71 
Grew_Li_2019_0013277277277      Clino-ferri-holmquistite 13543Arroyo De La Yedra, Manzanares El Real, Community Of Madrid, SpainArroyo de la Yedra Valley, Pedriza massif, Sierra de Guadarrama, Spanish Central System, SpainCaballero et al. (1996) CGI20_183 
Grew_Li_2019_0014277277277      Clino-ferro-ferri-holmquistite 13543Arroyo De La Yedra, Manzanares El Real, Community Of Madrid, SpainArroyo de la Yedra Valley, Pedriza massif, Sierra de Guadarrama, Spanish Central System, SpainCaballero et al. (1996) CGI20_183 


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