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Locality Name:
El Guijo, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 383
Youngest recorded age at locality: 323

mindat Locality ID: 286561
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286561.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El Guijo, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
San Guillermo 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: Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb Se Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAndalusiteApatiteAtacamiteChenevixiteMalachiteMixiteNone

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Agardite-(Y)  (*)Atacamite  (*)Belloite  (*)Chalcomenite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)
Clinoatacamite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O383323110789390
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)33833231107893544
Belloite  (*)NoneCu(OH)Cl38332311078936
Chalcomenite  (*)NoneCu(Se4+O3)·2H2O383323110789340
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)2383323110789390
Clinoatacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3383323110789343
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)3833231107893363
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)43833231107893175
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2383323110789312537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl38332311078931107
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)3833231107893492
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)63833231107893158
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)43833231107893369



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
vms-00904383323Upper Devonian-Lower Carboniferous        265657San Guillermo Mine, El Guijo, Córdoba, Andalusia, SpainSan Guillermo-SierraMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 


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