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Locality Name:
San Valentín Mine (San Valentín Open Pit), Sancti Spiritu, La Unión, Sierra De Cartagena, Murcia, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 11533
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11533.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Valentín Mine (San Valentín Open Pit), Sancti Spiritu, La Unión, Sierra De Cartagena, Murcia, 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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundum
DevillineDiasporeGypsumKaoliniteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSerpentineSphalerite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Ecandrewsite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenalite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)60413
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)01252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O0366
Ecandrewsite  (*)CorundumZnTiO308
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Greenalite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)2-3Si2O5(OH)4061
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)601066
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482


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