Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sierra Albarrana, Hornachuelos, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 390
Youngest recorded age at locality: 350

mindat Locality ID: 232289
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232289.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sierra Albarrana, Hornachuelos, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cerro De La Sal Quarry
El Cabril
Rio Bembézar

Latitude: 38°6'0"N
Longitude: 5°27'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.1,-5.4608333333333

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.

Andalusite	Autunite	Beryl	Brannerite	Chlorite	Chloritoid	Clay	Fluorite	Graftonite	Gypsum
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Phosphuranylite	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel	Staurolite
Triplite

Andalusite ()*	Autunite ()*	Berthierine ()*	Beryl ()*	Brannerite ()*
Chamosite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Churchite-(Y) ()*	Cordierite ()*
Graftonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phosphuranylite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Triplite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Uranocircite-II ()*

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 Be Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn O P Si Ti U Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca F Fe H K Mn O P U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Autunite Beryl Brannerite Chlorite Chloritoid Clay Fluorite Graftonite Gypsum
Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Phosphuranylite Quartz Rutile Serpentine Spinel Staurolite
Triplite

21 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
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	390	350	1	107917	1310
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	390	350	0		1272
Berthierine ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	390	350	1	107917	59
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	390	350	1	107917	4286
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	390	350	1	107919	248
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	390	350	1	107917	577
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	390	350	1	107917	376
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	390	350	1	107917	321
Churchite-(Y) ()*	Gypsum	Y(PO₄)·2H₂O	390	350	1	107919	70
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	390	350	1	107917	1008
Graftonite ()*	Graftonite	Fe²⁺Fe²⁺₂(PO₄)₂	390	350	0		107
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	390	350	1	107917	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	390	350	1	107917	17380
Phosphuranylite ()*	Phosphuranylite	KCa(H₃O)₃(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄O₄·8H₂O	390	350	0		182
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	390	350	2	107917,107922	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	390	350	1	107919	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	390	350	1	107917	1516
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	390	350	1	107917	978
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	390	350	0		233
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	390	350	1	107919	2718
Uranocircite-II ()*	None	Ba(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10H₂O	390	350	1	107919	89

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
	Jen_0001542	390	350	350–390		age of formation									232289	Sierra Albarrana, Hornachuelos, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain	Sierra Albarrana	Lumpkin et al. (2012)	10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.09.008	CG291_55	believed to have formed during Hercynian deformation and low-pressure metamorphism

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