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:
Motril, Granada, Andalusia, Spain

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

mindat Locality ID: 67741
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-67741.html

Tectonic Settings: Collisional Boundary

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cerro Del Toro Mine (Pepita Mine)

Latitude: 36°46'8"N
Longitude: 3°30'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.768888888889,-3.5063888888889

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	Germanite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite	Vivianite

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: As C Ca Co Cu Fe Ge H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Co H O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Germanite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite Vivianite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Briartite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Renierite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Briartite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeGeS₄	260	260	1	108012	12
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	260	260	1	108012	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	260	260	1	108012	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	260	260	0		814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	260	260	1	108012	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	260	260	1	108012	1689
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	260	260	1	108012	39462
Renierite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	(Cu¹⁺,Zn)₁₁Fe₄(Ge⁴⁺,As⁵⁺)₂S₁₆	260	260	1	108012	37
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	260	260	1	108012	21482

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
	sedcu-00624	260	260	Triassic							Yes			Cu	195468	Granada, Andalusia, Spain	Granada	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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