Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Almagrera Mine, Tharsis, Alosno, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 383
Youngest recorded age at locality: 299

mindat Locality ID: 8416
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8416.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Almagrera Mine, Tharsis, Alosno, 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.

Epsomite	None

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: H O S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H O S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Epsomite None

1 IMA Minerals at location:

Goslarite ()*

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
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	359	299	0		188

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
vms-00904	383	323	Upper Devonian-Lower Carboniferous	Yes	265657	San Guillermo Mine, El Guijo, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain	San Guillermo-Sierra	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00857	359	299	Carboniferous		8416	Almagrera Mine, Tharsis, Alosno, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain	Almagrera-Lapilla-Nueva Almagrera	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00865	383	323	Upper Devonian-Lower Carboniferous	Yes	252247	Tharsis Mines, Tharsis, Alosno, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain	Cantareras	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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