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Locality Name:
Salamón Mining District (Salamón Deposit), Crémenes, León, Castile And Leon, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 274
Youngest recorded age at locality: 264

mindat Locality ID: 68258
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-68258.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Salamón Mining District (Salamón Deposit), Crémenes, León, Castile And Leon, 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
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: As Au C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBournoniteCalciteCobaltiteCopperFluoriteGeocroniteGypsumMarcasiteNone
OrpimentPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteZinkenite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jordanite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Livingstonite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)Picropharmacolite  (*)
Plagionite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Uraninite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS27426409052
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S112742640843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS327426401089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)274264027770
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS27426402600
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS2742640966
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)227426409895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS274264024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu274264030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC27426402812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O27426406890
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S142742640784
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S232742640105
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S42742640249
Livingstonite  (*)NoneHgSb4S6(S)2274264024
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS227426405674
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S32742640511
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS2742640767
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O2742640105
Picropharmacolite  (*)NoneCa4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O274264099
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S172742640100
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2274264039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2274264061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS2742640712
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS274264021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1327426401803
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO227426402718
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S422742640228


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
DeepDive-Co-0036274264269        68258Salamón Mining District (Salamón Deposit), Crémenes, León, Castile And Leon, Spain Crespo et al. (2000)10.1016/S0375-6742(00)00152-7JGE71_191 

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