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Locality Name:
Ciudad Rodrigo, Saelices El Chico, Salamanca, Castile And Leon, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 36.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33.2

mindat Locality ID: 235438
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-235438.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ciudad Rodrigo, Saelices El Chico, Salamanca, Castile And Leon, Spain": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Águila Area (Fé Mine)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumFluoriteMarcasiteMicaNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteZircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)236.433.211093173092
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)36.433.2110931727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS236.433.2110931727198
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O36.433.21109317566
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)236.433.211093179895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF236.433.211093179617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS36.433.2110931724243
Graphite  (*)NoneC36.433.211093172812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O336.433.2110931714640
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS236.433.211093175674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)236.433.2110931717380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS236.433.2110931739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO236.433.2110931761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS36.433.2110931721482
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO236.433.211093172718


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
EG89_584-00136.433.234.8±1.6U-PbFIG. 9. 207Pb/204Pb vs. 235U/204Pb plot for pitchblende samples from the Fe and Alameda de Cardon deposits; Table 2 not extractedpitchblende     203253Águila Area (Fé Mine), Ciudad Rodrigo, Saelices El Chico, Salamanca, Castile And Leon, SpainFé Deposit, Salamanca Province, SpainBoth et al. (1994)10.2113/gsecongeo.89.3.584EG89_584 

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