Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Alforja Mine, Alforja, Baix Camp, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 306731
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-306731.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alforja Mine, Alforja, Baix Camp, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°12'2"N
Longitude: 0°55'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.200555555556,0.92138888888889

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Coronadite	Feldspar
Fluorite	Kaolinite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Mixite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Spinel

Agardite-(Ce) ()*	Agardite-(La) ()*	Agardite-(Y) ()*	Anglesite ()*	Apachite ()*
Asbolane ()*	Beudantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerianite-(Ce) ()*
Cerussite ()*	Cesàrolite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coronadite ()*	Galena ()*
Glaukosphaerite ()*	Heterogenite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Mimetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Oxyplumboroméite ()*	Plumboagardite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*	Segnitite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 As C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu Fe H K La Mg Mn Mo Nd Ni O Pb S Sb Si Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu Fe H K La Mg Mn Mo Ni O Pb REE S Sb Si Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Clay Coronadite Feldspar
Fluorite Kaolinite Linarite Malachite Marcasite Mica Mixite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Spinel

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Agardite-(Ce) ()*	Mixite	CeCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	43
Agardite-(La) ()*	Mixite	LaCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	33
Agardite-(Y) ()*	Mixite	YCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	90
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Apachite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₉Si₁₀O₂₉·11H₂O	5
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O	143
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	413
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	359
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	94
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Cesàrolite ()*	None	PbMn⁴⁺₃O₆(OH)₂	27
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	227
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Glaukosphaerite ()*	Malachite	CuNi(CO₃)(OH)₂	25
Heterogenite ()*	None	Co³⁺O(OH)	111
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	201
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Oxyplumboroméite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb₂O₇	33
Plumboagardite ()*	Mixite	(Pb,REE,Ca)Cu₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	7
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	177
Segnitite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	134
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	249
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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