Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Metapelite Outcrops, Salobreña Unit, Granada, Andalusia, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 19

mindat Locality ID: 68192
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-68192.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Metapelite Outcrops, Salobreña Unit, Granada, 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.

Aragonite	Carpholite	Chlorite	Chloritoid	Clay	Corrensite	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrophyllite

Aragonite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Cookeite ()*	Ferrocarpholite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Magnesiocarpholite ()*	Margarite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Paragonite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Saliotite ()*	Sudoite ()*

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 C Ca Fe H K Li Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Li Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Carpholite Chlorite Chloritoid Clay Corrensite Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group
Pyrophyllite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	19	19	3250
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	19	19	376
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	19	19	181
Ferrocarpholite ()*	Carpholite	Fe²⁺Al₂Si₂O₆(OH)₄	19	19	25
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	19	19	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	19	19	1507
Magnesiocarpholite ()*	Carpholite	MgAl₂Si₂O₆(OH)₄	19	19	23
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	19	19	168
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	19	19	17380
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	19	19	247
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	19	19	771
Saliotite ()*	Corrensite	(Li,Na)Al₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₅	19	19	2
Sudoite ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₂Al₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₈	19	19	51

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
	sedcu-00624	260	260	Triassic							Yes			Cu	195468	Granada, Andalusia, Spain	Granada	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107
	Scott-OCDPSR161_555-0001	19	19	19	Ar-Ar	Age of metamorphism		biotite							68192	Metapelite Outcrops, Salobreña Unit, Granada, Andalusia, Spain	Salobreña Unit	Comas et al. (1999)		OCDPSR161_555

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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