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


mindat Locality ID: 20102
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20102.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Unión, Sierra De Cartagena, Murcia, Spain": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Cabezo Rajado
El Gorguel
Los Belones
Portman
Retaguardia Mine
Sancti Spiritu

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 Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundum
DevillineDiasporeGypsumKaoliniteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSerpentineSphaleriteTalc

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Ecandrewsite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenalite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minnesotaite  (*)
Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11106462734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11106463250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61110646919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211106465509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)7110632,110633,110639,110640,110642,110644,11064611547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61110646413
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2110633,11064627770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)11106461252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2110637,1106464979
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O1110636197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23110637,110643,11064627198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11106461382
Copper  (*)CopperCu11106463846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11106462970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O2110637,110646366
Ecandrewsite  (*)CorundumZnTiO311106468
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4110637,110638,110643,11064624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)4110632,110636,110640,1106467437
Greenalite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)2-3Si2O5(OH)42110637,11064661
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O5110635,110637,110639,110643,1106466890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32110640,11064614640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O5110635,110637,110639,110643,1106461689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)611106461066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62110637,1106432228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411106465591
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21110646987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111064612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211106465674
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11106461107
Minnesotaite  (*)Clay TalcFe2+3Si4O10(OH)2061
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11106462994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23110637,110643,11064639462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO24110633,110636,110639,1106463106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11106461725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811106389056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24110637,110638,110643,11064661156
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O102110632,110633312
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3110637,110643,1106466417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)3110637,110643,1106462473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4110637,110638,110643,11064621482



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