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Locality Name:
Azcárate Quarry (Azkarate Quarry), Eugui, Esteríbar, Navarre, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 323.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 315.2

mindat Locality ID: 3127
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3127.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Azcárate Quarry (Azkarate Quarry), Eugui, Esteríbar, Navarre, Spain": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°0'12"N
Longitude: 1°30'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.003333333333,-1.5113888888889

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcioferrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	Malachite	None
Phosphosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Aragonite ()*	Bariosincosite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Evansite ()*
Fluellite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mcguinnessite ()*	Metavariscite ()*	Minyulite ()*	Montgomeryite ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O P S Sb Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O P S Sb Si V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Aragonite Baryte Calcioferrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Diaspore Malachite None
Phosphosiderite Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	323.2	315.2	3250
Bariosincosite ()*	None	Ba(VO)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	323.2	315.2	4
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	323.2	315.2	11547
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	323.2	315.2	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	323.2	315.2	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	323.2	315.2	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	323.2	315.2	27198
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	323.2	315.2	310
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	323.2	315.2	9895
Evansite ()*	Amorphous	Al₃(PO₄)(OH)₆·8H₂O	323.2	315.2	56
Fluellite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)F₂(OH)·7H₂O	323.2	315.2	40
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	323.2	315.2	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	323.2	315.2	2812
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	323.2	315.2	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	323.2	315.2	12537
Mcguinnessite ()*	Malachite	CuMg(CO₃)(OH)₂	323.2	315.2	34
Metavariscite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	323.2	315.2	27
Minyulite ()*	None	KAl₂(PO₄)₂F·4H₂O	323.2	315.2	31
Montgomeryite ()*	Calcioferrite	Ca₄MgAl₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·12H₂O	323.2	315.2	44
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	323.2	315.2	182
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	323.2	315.2	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	323.2	315.2	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	323.2	315.2	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	323.2	315.2	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	323.2	315.2	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	323.2	315.2	5317

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000269	Magnesite and Dolostone formations in the Asturreta Member

1 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
	Giersdorf_00000269	323.2	315.2	323.2-315.2		Age applied to a conglomerate in the lower part of the Asturreta formation							Dolomite, Magnesite		3127	Azcárate Quarry (Azkarate Quarry), Eugui, Esteríbar, Navarre, Spain	Azcárate Quarry	Sanz-López et al. (2012)	10.1016/j.geobios.2011.09.003	G45_397

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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