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Locality Name:
Vallès Occidental, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 133594
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133594.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vallès Occidental, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Montcada I Reixac
Sant Cugat Del Vallès
Terrassa (Tarrasa)

Latitude: 41°28'49"N
Longitude: 2°10'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.480277777778,2.18
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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAlumohydrocalciteAluniteAmorphousAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArseniosideriteBaryteBeraunite
CalcioferriteCalciteCeriteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCopiapiteCopperDiasporeFluorite
MalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteNoneNot in a structural groupPhosphosideritePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSmectite-vermiculite

56 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Aluminocopiapite  (*)Alumohydrocalcite  (*)Alunite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beraunite  (*)Calcioferrite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Copper  (*)Crandallite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Delvauxite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Evansite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gibbsite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Huntite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Koninckite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Metavariscite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mitridatite  (*)Montgomeryite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Natroalunite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Opal  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)
Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Strengite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tinticite  (*)Variscite  (*)Whitlockite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O1109666470
Aluminocopiapite  (*)Copiapite(Al,Mg)Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH,O)2·20H2O110966650
Alumohydrocalcite  (*)AlumohydrocalciteCaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·4H2O110966646
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61109666966
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211096663092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11096663250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211096665509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)110966711547
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O1109666136
Calcioferrite  (*)CalcioferriteCa4MgFe3+4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O11096669
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3109666,109667,10967227770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11096674979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1109666925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110966627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11096663531
Copper  (*)CopperCu11096663846
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61109666310
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11096662970
Delvauxite  (*)AmorphousCaFe3+4(PO4)2(OH)8·4-5H2O110966641
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22109666,1096679895
Evansite  (*)AmorphousAl3(PO4)(OH)6·8H2O110966656
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11096662740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211096679617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS110966724243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)31109666504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2109666,1096727437
Graphite  (*)NoneC11096662812
Huntite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaMg3(CO3)4110966669
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH1109666367
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611096662228
Koninckite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·3H2O110966619
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)1109666234
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)11096661487
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2110966612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211096665674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1109666915
Metavariscite  (*)PhosphosideriteAl(PO4)·2H2O110966627
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11096671107
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O1109666129
Montgomeryite  (*)CalcioferriteCa4MgAl4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O110966644
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O11096661508
Natroalunite  (*)AluniteNaAl3(SO4)2(OH)61109666128
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61109666254
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11096662994
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O1109666182
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)41109666369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110966639462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211096663106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110966661156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2109666,1096676417
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O1109666263
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11096661101
Tinticite  (*)NoneFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)3·3H2O110966619
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O1109666301
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)61109666104
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411096671655


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R080094Montcada Hill Quarry (Pedrera Del Turó De Montcada), Montcada I Reixac, Vallès Occidental, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spainhttps://rruff.info/R080094

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