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:
Troya Mine, Mutiloa, Guipúzcoa (Gipuzkoa), Basque Country, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 3131
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3131.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Troya Mine, Mutiloa, Guipúzcoa (Gipuzkoa), Basque Country, Spain": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°2'25"N
Longitude: 2°17'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.040277777778,-2.2869444444444

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Ankerite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Malachite Marcasite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	145	100	3092
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	145	100	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	145	100	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	100	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	100	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	145	100	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	100	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	145	100	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	145	100	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	100	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	145	100	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	100	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	145	100	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	100	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	145	100	5317

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
	sedexmvt-00212	145	100	Early Cretaceous		host rock age									3131	Troya Mine, Mutiloa, Guipúzcoa (Gipuzkoa), Basque Country, Spain	Troya	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
	sedznpb-00415	126	113	Early Cretaceous (Aptian)											3131	Troya Mine, Mutiloa, Guipúzcoa (Gipuzkoa), Basque Country, Spain	Troya	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

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