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Locality Name:
Molvizar, Granada, Andalusia, Spain

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

mindat Locality ID: 286586
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286586.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
La Encontrada Mine

Latitude: 36°48'7"N
Longitude: 3°37'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.801944444444,-3.6213888888889
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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Ni O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteCalciteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovellite
DiasporeDigeniteEnargiteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRutileSmolyaninoviteSpinel
TetrahedriteTyroliteVivianiteWurtzite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Annabergite  (*)Asbolane  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Enargite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Smolyaninovite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tyrolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O2602601108006445
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O2602601108006143
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)226026011080065509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)260260110800627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2260260110800627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O26026011080063531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS26026011080062600
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS2602601108006966
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)2602601108006363
Copper  (*)CopperCu26026011080063846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS26026011080064165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S26026011080061027
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS42602601108006910
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O2602601108006814
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)26026011080067437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3260260110800614640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)626026011080062228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4260260110800614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2260260110800612537
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)2602601108006492
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS32602601108006733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS326026011080061425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2260260110800639462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO226026011080063106
Smolyaninovite  (*)SmolyaninoviteCo3Fe3+2(AsO4)4·11H2O260260110800613
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1326026011080061803
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O2602601108006245


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
sedcu-00624260260Triassic     Yes Cu195468Granada, Andalusia, SpainGranadaCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

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