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Locality Name:
El Cuadrón, Garganta De Los Montes, Community Of Madrid, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 105662
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105662.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El Cuadrón, Garganta De Los Montes, Community Of Madrid, Spain": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Chilena Mine

Latitude: 40°56'34"N
Longitude: 3°39'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.942777777778,-3.6586111111111

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: Al Bi C Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C O Pb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteArsenicBismutiteChalcopyriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteStibnite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Galena  (*)Malachite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211100505509
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O31110050214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11100501966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311100501935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1110050716
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111005027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11100503531
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111005024243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111005012537
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111005061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111005021482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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