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Locality Name:
San José, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 239106
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239106.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San José, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, Spain": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Mina Santa Barbara
Reserva Mines

Latitude: 36°46'35"N
Longitude: 2°8'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.776388888889,-2.1394444444444
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 Ba Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteAtacamiteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteClay
CopperCovelliteLinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakiteQuartzRocksaltSerpentine
Sphalerite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fraipontite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Paratacamite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Willemite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11077842734
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)31107784544
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)110778511547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611077841633
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr1107784227
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110778427770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)61107784359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11077844979
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O1107784197
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11077843531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11077844165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211077859895
Fraipontite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4110778449
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2107784,10778524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu110778430554
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11077841689
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611077842228
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21107784987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2110778412537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11077841107
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)61107784158
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22107784,10778561156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)21107784454
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11077856417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11077842473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2107784,10778521482
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO41107784303


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