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Locality Name:
Cáceres, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 208893
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208893.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cáceres, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Acebuche
Aldea Moret
Trasquilón
Valdeflórez (Valdeflores; San José De Valdeflores Mine; San José De Valdeflórez Mine)

Latitude: 39°27'30"N
Longitude: 6°20'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.458333333333,-6.3383333333333
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 Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Na O P S Si Sn U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteApatiteArsenicArsenopyriteAutuniteCalciteChalcopyriteChildreniteClayColumbite
CopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeKaoliniteLepidocrociteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteStanniteTurquoise

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augelite  (*)Autunite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Childrenite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Montebrasite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO511102991310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3110299,110301,1103029052
Augelite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)(OH)32110301,11030279
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O11103011272
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2110299,1103011966
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111030027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22110301,1103025171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11102995707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22110299,11030127198
Childrenite  (*)ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O111030193
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2110299,1103014165
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)1110299551
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F3110300,110301,1103022740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3110299,110300,1103017437
Gold  (*)CopperAu111030130554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111030014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411103025591
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)2110299,110301581
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211102995674
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)2110301,110302200
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O11103021508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22110301,11030217380
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)41110301369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23110299,110301,11030239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82110299,1103019056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24110299,110300,110301,11030261156
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO511102991516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2110300,11030121482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS42110301,110302668
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O1110302484


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