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Locality Name:
Pulpí, Almería, Andalusia, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 229526
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229526.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pulpí, Almería, Andalusia, Spain": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Azogue Valley Mercury Deposit
Pilar De Jaravia
San Juan De Terreros

Latitude: 37°22'0"N
Longitude: 1°39'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.366666666667,-1.6527777777778
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 Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteBruciteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopper
FeldsparGypsumKaoliniteMarcasiteMicaMilleriteNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteStibniteTurquoise

52 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Argentojarosite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Calomel  (*)Celestine  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Clintonite  (*)Corderoite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Huntite  (*)Inyoite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kuzminite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mercury  (*)
Metacinnabar  (*)Millerite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nacrite  (*)
Natrojarosite  (*)Nitrocalcite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrochroite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)
Schuetteite  (*)Semseyite  (*)Shakhovite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tiemannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211077923419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11077928803
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61107792966
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)11077951588
Argentojarosite  (*)AluniteAgFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6110779258
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11077959052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O611077972060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3107792,107794,10779511547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS311077951089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4107792,107794,107795,10779727770
Calomel  (*)NoneHgCl110779291
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)11077951252
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110779227198
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O110779277
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS11077922600
Clintonite  (*)Mica ClayCaAlMg2(SiAl3O10)(OH)2110779286
Corderoite  (*)NoneHg3S2Cl2110779216
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211077929895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3107792,107794,10779524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu110779230554
Graphite  (*)NoneC11077922812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3107792,107793,1077956890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl11077921398
Huntite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaMg3(CO3)4110779269
Inyoite  (*)NoneCaB3O3(OH)5·4H2O110779234
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611077922228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411077925591
Kuzminite  (*)NoneHgBr11077924
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22107792,1077955674
Mercury  (*)NoneHg1107792397
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS1107792255
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS11077921066
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O11077921508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110779217380
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41107792112
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61107792254
Nitrocalcite  (*)NoneCa(NO3)2·4H2O110779246
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O1107792471
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S31107792511
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11077922349
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS311077921425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22107792,10779539462
Pyrochroite  (*)BruciteMn2+(OH)2110779256
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110779261156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS1107792712
Schuetteite  (*)NoneHg3O2(SO4)00110779221
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S211107795165
Shakhovite  (*)NoneHg1+4Sb5+O3(OH)311077928
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2107792,1077956417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS110779221482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311077923418
Tiemannite  (*)SphaleriteHgSe110779283


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