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Locality Name:
Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 18252
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18252.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain": 44
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Albalá
Alburquerque
Aldea Del Cano
Aliseda
Almoharín
Belvis De Monroy
Cáceres
Cañaveral
Garrovillas De Alconétar
Logrosán
Madronera
Mari Rosa Mine
Miravell
Oliva De Plasencia
Peraleda De San Román
San Pedro Range
Tejeda De Tiétar
Valencia De Alcántara
Zarza La Mayor

Latitude: 39°36'7"N
Longitude: 5°57'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.601944444444,-5.9575

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 Al As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo N Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti U W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cd Cu S Sn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlumAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteBeraunite
BerylCalciteChalcopyriteChildreniteClayColumbiteCopiapiteCopperCoronaditeCorundum
CovelliteCubaniteDiasporeDufréniteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumHalotrichiteKaoliniteLepidocrocite
MalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePhosphosideritePyrite
PyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRockbridgeiteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinel
StanniteStibniteSulphurTetrahedriteTourmalineTurquoiseVivianiteWarditeWurtziteZircon

106 IMA Minerals at location:
Aluminocopiapite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Ammoniojarosite  (*)Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)
Anorthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augelite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bassetite  (*)Benauite  (*)Beraunite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Černýite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)Childrenite  (*)Chrysoberyl  (*)Copiapite  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Corkite  (*)Covellite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Cyrilovite  (*)Ernstite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fibroferrite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Geikielite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Goyazite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kalinite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kidwellite  (*)Kintoreite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Magnesiocopiapite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)
Meymacite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montebrasite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Moreauite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrodufrénite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Phosphohedyphane  (*)
Phosphosiderite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Plimerite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sabugalite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Slavíkite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Stannite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Strengite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tschermigite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranospathite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aluminocopiapite  (*)Copiapite(Al,Mg)Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH,O)2·20H2O111032150
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O1110321272
Ammoniojarosite  (*)Alunite(NH4)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6111032130
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO211103042162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO53110293,110297,1102991310
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)11103061036
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS9110291,110296,110299,110301,110302,110309,110311,110312,1103269052
Augelite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)(OH)32110301,11030279
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O2110301,1103091272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211103175509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)111031711547
Bassetite  (*)NoneFe2+(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)10111028951
Benauite  (*)AluniteSrFe3+3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)611103303
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O1110330136
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1811102974286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi3110299,110301,1103091966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311102961935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411103095516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S111110312843
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O3110323,110327,110330280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111030027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO25110296,110301,110302,110309,1103115171
Černýite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2CdSnS408
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11103174979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2110299,1103095707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS27110296,110299,110301,110306,110309,110312,11031727198
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O111033077
Childrenite  (*)ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O111030193
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O41110297321
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O1110321382
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1811102971008
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)61110330151
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS4110296,110299,110301,1103094165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61110297310
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O161110330599
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S31110309802
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O111033060
Ernstite  (*)Childrenite(Mn2+,Fe3+)Al(PO4)(OH,O)211102977
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)2110299,110326551
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O1110321107
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F10110300,110301,110302,110308,110309,110325,110328,110329,110330,1103312740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211103159617
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O41110297445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5110294,110309,110312,110317,11033024243
Geikielite  (*)CorundumMgTiO3111030670
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)5110299,110300,110301,110320,1103307437
Gold  (*)CopperAu5110291,110301,110309,110311,11031230554
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61110330173
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11103306890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O1110321409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111030014640
Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Pyrochlore   2W2O6(H2O)111029657
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62110321,1103302228
Kalinite  (*)NoneKAl(SO4)2·11H2O111032154
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411103025591
Kidwellite  (*)NoneNaFe3+9+x(PO4)6(OH)11·3H2O (x ≈ 0.33)111033053
Kintoreite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6111033041
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)2110299,110301581
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)1110330234
Magnesiocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteMgFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O111032154
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4111030614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111031712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22110296,1102995674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS21110309252
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O1110330443
Meymacite  (*)NoneWO3·2H2O111029610
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11103154924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211103095800
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)3110301,110302,110309200
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O11103021508
Moreauite  (*)NoneAl3(UO2)(PO4)3(OH)2·13H2O11103232
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)28110296,110297,110301,110302,110309,110312,110315,11032717380
Natrodufrénite  (*)DufréniteNaFe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O111033046
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61110296254
Phosphohedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(PO4)3Cl111033071
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O1110330182
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O1110321265
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O61110306303
Plimerite  (*)RockbridgeiteZn2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)4(H2O)11103308
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)42110301,110330369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS29110289,110291,110296,110299,110301,110302,110309,110312,11033039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211103203106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S84110299,110301,110309,1103129056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO222110291,110296,110297,110299,110300,110301,110302,110304,110306,110308,110309,110311,110312,110315,110317,110325,110326,110327,110328,110329,110330,11033161156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)51110330206
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22110297,1103265614
Sabugalite  (*)NoneHAl(UO2)4(PO4)4·16H2O111032387
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3110296,110311,1103274894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11102972705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11102961153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11102966417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO52110297,1102991516
Slavíkite  (*)Not in a structural group(H3O)3Mg6Fe15(SO4)21(OH)18·98H2O111032144
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS8110294,110296,110300,110301,110306,110309,110312,11033021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O411102971934
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS43110301,110302,110309668
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32110312,1103243418
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O1110330263
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11103302045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311103125317
Tschermigite  (*)Alum(NH4)Al(SO4)2·12H2O111032181
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O2110302,110330484
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211102892718
Uranospathite  (*)None(Al,   )(UO2)2F(PO4)2·20H2O111032320
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O1110297636
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11102975251



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