Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Sierra Nevada, Granada, Andalusia, Spain

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

mindat Locality ID: 211583
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211583.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sierra Nevada, Granada, Andalusia, Spain": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Güéjar Sierra

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Fluorite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Titanite

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcostibite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*

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: C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg Mg O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Fluorite None Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Titanite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	1	108023	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	260	260	1	108024	27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂	260	260	1	108024	162
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	260	260	1	108023	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	260	260	1	108023	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	260	260	1	108023	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	260	260	1	108023	24243
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	260	260	1	108023	1066
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	260	260	1	108026	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	260	260	1	108026	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	260	260	2	108024,108026	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	260	260	1	108023	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	260	260	1	108023	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	260	260	1	108026	4899

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

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