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Locality Name:
Fuente Obejuna (Fuenteovejuna), Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 125862
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-125862.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fuente Obejuna (Fuenteovejuna), Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
La Solución Mine
Navalespino Group Of Mines
Rosalía Mine

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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Si U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrackebuschiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCoronadite
CorundumCovelliteDescloiziteDiasporeDigeniteFluoriteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedrite

45 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Brackebuschite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Calderónite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Descloizite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Lautite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Linnaeite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Mottramite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11079002793
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211079005509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2107900,10790611547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411079005516
Brackebuschite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Mn3+(VO4)2(OH)110790015
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3107900,107901,10790427770
Calderónite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)4107900,107901,107902,10790429
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3107900,107902,1079044979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11079005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110790027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11079003531
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O162107900,107904227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11079004165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11079002970
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)2107900,107904378
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S11079001027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S161107900300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211079009895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211079069617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5107900,107901,107902,107904,10790624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11079007437
Gold  (*)CopperAu110790030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3110790014640
Lautite  (*)NoneCuAsS110790032
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21107900987
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S41107900249
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22107900,10790412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211079005674
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As81107900161
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)3107900,107901,107904362
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1107900633
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S811079001512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110790039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811079009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22107900,10790461156
Silver  (*)CopperAg11079005186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2107900,10790221482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41107900586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311079003418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311079001803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11079001101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311079005317
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O11079001059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211079002718
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl5107899,107900,107901,107902,107904605



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