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Locality Name:
Portman, La Unión, Sierra De Cartagena, Murcia, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 132554
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132554.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Portman, La Unión, Sierra De Cartagena, Murcia, Spain": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Balsa-Depositara Mine
El Sabinar
Gloria Mine
Jose Maestre Tunnel
La Gaviota Mine
Las Cenizas Pit
Lavadero Roberto
San Jorge Mines
San José

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: Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumDevillineDiasporeGypsum
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSerpentineSphalerite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenalite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3110639,110640,11064211547
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11106374979
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O1110636197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22110637,11064327198
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1110637366
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3110637,110638,11064324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2110636,1106407437
Greenalite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)2-3Si2O5(OH)4111063761
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O4110635,110637,110639,1106436890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111064014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O4110635,110637,110639,1106431689
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62110637,1106432228
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22110637,11064339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22110636,1106393106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811106389056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23110637,110638,11064361156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2110637,1106436417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2110637,1106432473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3110637,110638,11064321482


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