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Locality Name:
Garganta De Los Montes, Community Of Madrid, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 223014
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-223014.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Garganta De Los Montes, Community Of Madrid, Spain": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Arroyo De Sardalinde (Majada Del Asno)
Descuido Mine (Fernandito)
El Cuadrón

Latitude: 40°56'33"N
Longitude: 3°39'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.9425,-3.6583333333333
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 B Bi C Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteArsenicBismutiteChalcopyriteClayCubaniteMalachiteMicaNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTourmalineWurtzite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Galena  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211100505509
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O31110050214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11100501966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32110048,1100501935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1110050716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411100485516
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11100494979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11100485707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22110048,11005027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11100503531
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S31110048802
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111005024243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22110048,11005012537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2111004717380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111004839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22110047,11005061156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11100472705
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111005021482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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