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Locality Name:
Manuel-Mercedes Open Pit, Cala Mines, Cala, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 105729
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105729.html

Tectonic Settings: Collisional Boundary

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Manuel-Mercedes Open Pit, Cala Mines, Cala, Huelva, Andalusia, 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: Al As C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidoteGarnet
MalachiteMarcasiteMilleriteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartz
SkutteruditeSpinelTitaniteVivianite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Ferro-pargasite  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Skutterudite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O0445
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Ferro-pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2054
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS0131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O0103
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs0633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As30176
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS0767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs30531
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899


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