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Locality Name:
Consulta Mine, Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 11.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 8.6

mindat Locality ID: 304071
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-304071.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Consulta Mine, Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, 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
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 Au Fe H K O S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Fe H K O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteCopperNone

3 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Gold  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6119.50966
Gold  (*)CopperAu10.410.4030554
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611.88.602228


7 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
Kristen00185611.410.210.8±0.6K-Ar illite87A21 YesPyrophyllite 31923Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, SpainRodalquilar DepositArribas et al. (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.795EG90_795 
Kristen00185711.110.510.8±0.3K-Ar illite87A10 YesQuartz 31923Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, SpainRodalquilar DepositArribas et al. (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.795EG90_795 
Kristen00185811.810.411.1±0.7K-Ar illite87A14 YesQuartz 31923Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, SpainRodalquilar DepositArribas et al. (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.795EG90_795 
Kristen00185910.28.69.4±0.8K-Ar illite87A25 YesQuartz 31923Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, SpainRodalquilar DepositArribas et al. (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.795EG90_795 
Kristen001861119.810.4±0.6K-Ar alunite87A111 YesAlunitePyrite, Quartz, Zunyite 31923Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, SpainRodalquilar DepositArribas et al. (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.795EG90_795 
Kristen00186210.410.410.4±K-ArAu mineralization along with amorphous silica and pyritehigh   Yes Au, Te, Sn31923Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, SpainRodalquilar DepositArribas et al. (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.795EG90_795 
Kristen00186010.79.510.1±0.6K-Ar alunite87A150 YesAluniteHematite, Quartz 133044Cerro Del Cinto Mine, Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, SpainCinto Open PitArribas et al. (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.795EG90_795 

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