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Locality Name:
Colmenarejo, Community Of Madrid, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 236778
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-236778.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Colmenarejo, Community Of Madrid, Spain": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Barranco De Valbellido Quarries
La Liebre Mine
La Presa Quartz Dyke
Maria Mine
Pilar Mine (Aurora 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 As B Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Na O P S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteArsenopyriteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCopperFluorite
MalachiteMicaMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideriteQuartzTourmaline

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Metatorbernite  (*)Mixite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Torbernite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11100269052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23110023,110025,1100265509
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611100261633
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O2110023,110026925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22110025,11002627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3110023,110025,1100263531
Copper  (*)CopperCu11100263846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11100262970
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211100269617
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23110023,110025,11002612537
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O1110026443
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O1110026168
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2111002217380
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)1110026492
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O1110026428
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22110024,11002661156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11100222705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11100261153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11100266417
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11100261101
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O2110025,1100261059


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