The Geology between Alora and Campillos including Parque Ardales

Note timescales and rock ages are according to modern Geological thinking and not necessity the true ages and timescales.

To the south west of Alora runs the lower Guadalhorce valley. This valley floor is comprised of Quaternary rock ( sedimentary rock 2.5 million years ago till present ).
To the south and south east of Alora is Eocene rock ( up to 60 million years old) To the center of this outcrop almost directly south of Alora is younger Miocene rock ( up to about 25 million years old).

To the west north and north eat of Alora is a large band of Oligocene rock up to around 30 million years old.

Directly east of Alora is a large area of Silurian rock ( up to Approx. 350 million years old) which continues past and through the Montes De Malaga all the way to Sierras Tejeda and western foothills of Sierra Nevada.

If we now travel in a straight line from Alora north-westish to Campillos we pad through the following rock types ....
- Oligocene ( up to approx
 30 million years old).
- Next we come to a area of metamorphic rock with some outcrop outcrops of Silurian to the east , north and west ( up to Approx. 350 million years old).