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Locality Name:
La Paloma Mine, Zarza La Mayor, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 132416
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132416.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Paloma Mine, Zarza La Mayor, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°50'23"N
Longitude: 6°51'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.839722222222,-6.8516666666667
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 Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sr U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sr U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteApatiteBerauniteCoronaditeDiasporeDufréniteGypsumNonePhosphosiderite
PyriteQuartzRockbridgeiteRocksaltSphaleriteSulphurTurquoiseWardite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Benauite  (*)Beraunite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)Corkite  (*)
Cryptomelane  (*)Cyrilovite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Goyazite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kidwellite  (*)Kintoreite  (*)
Libethenite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Natrodufrénite  (*)Phosphohedyphane  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)
Plimerite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Strengite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Benauite  (*)AluniteSrFe3+3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)603
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O0136
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O0280
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O077
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)60151
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O160599
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O060
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60173
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kidwellite  (*)NoneNaFe3+9+x(PO4)6(OH)11·3H2O (x ≈ 0.33)053
Kintoreite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6041
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)0234
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O0443
Natrodufrénite  (*)DufréniteNaFe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O046
Phosphohedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(PO4)3Cl071
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0182
Plimerite  (*)RockbridgeiteZn2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)4(H2O)08
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)40369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)50206
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0263
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O0484


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