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Locality Name:
San Nicolás Mine, Valle De La Serena, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 126135
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126135.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Nicolás Mine, Valle De La Serena, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°40'19"N
Longitude: 5°51'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.671944444444,-5.8594444444444
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 Be Bi Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mo O P Pb S Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Be Bi Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mo O P Pb S Si Sn W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteArsenicArseniosideriteArsenopyriteBerylCarminiteChalcopyriteClayColumbite
CovelliteDiasporeFluoriteGypsumKobelliteMicaMixiteMolybdeniteNonePharmacosiderite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteTopaz

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hidalgoite  (*)
Koechlinite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mixite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Philipsbornite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Segnitite  (*)Sillénite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stolzite  (*)Topaz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O0194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O30214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)20178
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS02600
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S50344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)0551
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S40192
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hidalgoite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)6057
Koechlinite  (*)NoneBi2MoO6039
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O0168
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O0428
Philipsbornite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6051
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)60134
Sillénite  (*)NoneBi12SiO20026
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)0156
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F201476


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R061061San Nicolás Mine, Valle De La Serena, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spainhttps://rruff.info/R061061
R060988San Nicolás Mine, Valle De La Serena, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spainhttps://rruff.info/R060988

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