Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Peña Del Hierro Mine, Rio Tinto Mines (Riotinto Mines), Minas De Riotinto, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 350.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 348.9

mindat Locality ID: 304013
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-304013.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Peña Del Hierro Mine, Rio Tinto Mines (Riotinto Mines), Minas De Riotinto, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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

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.

Chalcopyrite	Copiapite	Coquimbite	Epsomite	Halotrichite	Hexahydrite	Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Starkeyite

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 Cu Fe H Mg O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu Fe H Mg O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Copiapite Coquimbite Epsomite Halotrichite Hexahydrite Melanterite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Starkeyite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Alpersite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coquimbite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*
Magnesiocopiapite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rhomboclase ()*	Starkeyite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alpersite ()*	Melanterite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	350	350	10
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	350	350	27198
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	350	350	136
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	350	350	484
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	350	350	251
Magnesiocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	MgFe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	350	350	54
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	350	350	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	350	350	39462
Rhomboclase ()*	Not in a structural group	(H₅O₂)Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂·2H₂O	350	350	53
Starkeyite ()*	Starkeyite	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O	350	350	79

2 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
	vms-00899	350	350	Upper Devonian-Lower Carboniferous							Yes			S	3123	Rio Tinto Mines (Riotinto Mines), Minas De Riotinto, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain	Rio Tinto	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
	Jen_0000387	350.7	348.9	349.8±0.9	U-Pb	age of mineralization for Rio Tinto district	high	zircon	98-TB-001		Yes	Zircon			203692	Atalaya Open Pit, Rio Tinto Mines (Riotinto Mines), Minas De Riotinto, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain	San Dionisio footwall	Barrie et al. (2002)	10.1007/s00126-002-0302-7	MD37_684	Age of Rio Tinto District mineralization

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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