Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 230155
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-230155.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sierra Minera De Cartagena-La Unión, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain": 49
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Alumbres
Atamaría
El Estrecho De San Ginés
El Gorguel
Llano Del Beal
Pico Del Águila
San Ginés De La Jara
Vista Alegre

Latitude: 37°37'21"N
Longitude: 0°-48'-50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.6225,-0.81388888888889

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Bournonite	Brookite	Calcite	Caledonite
Coronadite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Starkeyite	Vivianite	Wurtzite

Adamite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Boyleite ()*	Brianyoungite ()*
Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*
Greenockite ()*	Groutite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hawleyite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hollandite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*	Romanèchite ()*
Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Starkeyite ()*	Todorokite ()*
Vivianite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Bournonite Brookite Calcite Caledonite
Coronadite Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum Malachite Marcasite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Starkeyite Vivianite Wurtzite

46 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	2	110541,110545	254
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	110562	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	110562	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	110539	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	110541,110545	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	14	110524,110525,110529,110531,110533,110534,110535,110539,110540,110562,110566,110569,110570,110572	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	1	110572	450
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	110572	1089
Boyleite ()*	Starkeyite	Zn(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	110554	23
Brianyoungite ()*	None	Zn₃(CO₃)(OH)₄	1	110562	79
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	110562	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	10	110529,110530,110534,110538,110539,110556,110562,110563,110569,110570	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	110572	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	110562,110572	4979
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	3	110529,110538,110569	197
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4	110524,110534,110541,110562	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	110524,110525,110572	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	110543,110554,110562,110572	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	110562	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7	110531,110538,110539,110544,110548,110554,110570	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	110562	717
Groutite ()*	Diaspore	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	110570	72
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	110566	6890
Hawleyite ()*	Sphalerite	CdS	1	110562	62
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2	110538,110544	1689
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	2	110569,110570	243
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	2	110538,110562	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	110562	2228
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	110572	265
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	110541,110545,110572	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	110562	5674
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	110562	1107
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	2	110541,110545	492
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	110560	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	110554,110562	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	8	110529,110533,110534,110539,110548,110556,110569,110570	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	110562	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	110524,110543,110548,110552,110554,110556,110560,110562,110566,110572	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	1	110562	177
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	5	110531,110534,110535,110569,110570	312
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	110560,110562	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	3	110557,110560,110562	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	110543,110550,110554,110560,110562	21482
Starkeyite ()*	Starkeyite	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	110554	79
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	110534	433
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	110562	636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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