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Locality Name:
Cármenes (Villamanín), León, Castile And Leon, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 235435
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-235435.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cármenes (Villamanín), León, Castile And Leon, Spain": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Villanueva De Pontedo

Latitude: 42°58'27"N
Longitude: 5°36'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.974166666667,-5.6036111111111

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: As Au C Ca Co Cu Fe Hg Mg Ni O Pb S Se Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteCopperNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Gold  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Penroseite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siegenite  (*)Talnakhite  (*)
Tiemannite  (*)Tyrrellite  (*)Villamanínite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110920427198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe1109204281
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211092049895
Gold  (*)CopperAu110920430554
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS1109204767
Penroseite  (*)Pyrite(Ni,Co,Cu)Se2110920414
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110920439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110920461156
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S41109204249
Talnakhite  (*)ChalcopyriteCu9Fe8S16110920435
Tiemannite  (*)SphaleriteHgSe110920483
Tyrrellite  (*)SpinelCu(Co,Ni)2Se4110920417
Villamanínite  (*)PyriteCuS2110920410



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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