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Locality Name:
Santa Marta, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 166609
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-166609.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Marta, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Las Colmenitas Mine
Los Llanos
Reserva Mine

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: Ag As C Cl Fe H K Mn Mo O Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrackebuschiteCalciteCopperDescloiziteMarcasite
NoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Calderónite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcophanite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)2110271,110273254
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11102732734
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61110271413
Calderónite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)3110271,110273,11027429
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2110271,1102734979
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O1110271197
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)2110271,110272378
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111027124243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11102711689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)611102711066
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211102715674
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl2110271,1102731107
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O1110273428
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111027161156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11102716417
Silver  (*)CopperAg11102715186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11102712473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111027121482
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1110271605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411102711655


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060427Las Colmenitas Mine, Santa Marta, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spainhttps://rruff.info/R060427

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