Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Los Blancos Quarry, Llano Del Beal, Sierra Minera De Cartagena-La Unión, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 18783
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18783.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Los Blancos Quarry, Llano Del Beal, Sierra Minera De Cartagena-La Unión, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°37'41"N
Longitude: 0°-49'-2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.628055555556,-0.81722222222222

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	Brookite	Calcite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Vivianite	Wurtzite

Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brianyoungite ()*	Brookite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Greenockite ()*	Hawleyite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*
Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Vivianite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cd Cl Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cd Cl Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brookite Calcite Marcasite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Vivianite Wurtzite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Brianyoungite ()*	None	Zn₃(CO₃)(OH)₄	79
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	504
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	717
Hawleyite ()*	Sphalerite	CdS	62
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	177
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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