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Locality Name:
Bayarque, Almería, Andalusia, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 132115
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132115.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bayarque, Almería, Andalusia, Spain": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
San José Mine

Latitude: 37°20'3"N
Longitude: 2°26'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.334166666667,-2.4352777777778

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: C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg Mg O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumCovelliteDiasporeFluoriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
QuartzRocksalt

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Opal  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)
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)211076935509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411076935516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110769327770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11076935707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110769327198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS11076932600
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11076934165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211076939895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211076939617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS110769324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11076937437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3110769314640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2110769312537
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11076932994
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110769361156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11076936417



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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