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Locality Name:
Salamanca, Castile And Leon, Spain

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

mindat Locality ID: 24358
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24358.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Salamanca, Castile And Leon, Spain": 53
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 33

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Alameda De Gardón Mine (Alameda Area)
Aldehuela De La Bóveda Pegmatite
Barquilla Sn-Ge-Cd-Cu-Fe Deposit
Barruecopardo
Carrascal De Barregas
Castillejo De Dos Casas
Endrinal
Gambuta Area
Garcirrey
Golpejas-Vega De Tirados
La Fregeneda
La Tala
Los Santos
Lumbrales
Morille
Navasfrías
Retortillo Area
Saelices El Chico
Villar De La Yegua
Villares De Yeltes
Villasbuenas

Latitude: 40°50'23"N
Longitude: 6°16'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.839722222222,-6.2763888888889
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 B Be Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe Ge H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlluauditeAluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArrojaditeArsenicArseniosideriteArsenolamprite
ArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteBerylCalciteCeriteChalcopyriteChildreniteClayClinozoisite
ColumbiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteDufréniteEpidoteFairfielditeFeldspar
FillowiteFluoriteGarnetGraftoniteHureauliteJahnsiteLöllingiteLazuliteLeucophosphiteLipscombite
MalachiteMarcasiteMicaMohiteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivineOverite
PhenakitePhosphuranylitePyritePyroxeneQuartzReddingiteRockbridgeiteRocksaltRutileScheelite
SouzaliteSphaleriteStanniteStannoiditeStauroliteStibniteTetrahedriteTitaniteTopazTourmaline
TripliteVesuvianiteVivianiteWagneriteWalentaiteWarditeWavelliteWurtziteZircon

142 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Alluaudite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andalusite  (*)
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arrojadite-(KFe)  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Barbosalite  (*)Barquillite  (*)Bassetite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Briartite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Černýite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Childrenite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Collinsite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Crandallite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Dewindtite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dufrénite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)Eucryptite  (*)Fairfieldite  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Ferrisicklerite  (*)Ferro-actinolite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gormanite  (*)Graftonite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hedyphane  (*)Hematite  (*)
Herzenbergite  (*)Heterosite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Isokite  (*)
Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)  (*)Johnsomervilleite  (*)Keckite  (*)Lazulite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)
Libethenite  (*)Lipscombite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Matildite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)Messelite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mitridatite  (*)
Mohite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montebrasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Petalite  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)Purpurite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Reddingite  (*)
Reichenbachite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Rosemaryite  (*)Rutile  (*)Saléeite  (*)
Samuelsonite  (*)Sarcopside  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scholzite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Sicklerite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Souzalite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spodumene  (*)Staněkite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)
Staurolite  (*)Stolzite  (*)Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Topaz  (*)Triphylite  (*)Triplite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Varlamoffite  (*)Varulite  (*)Väyrynenite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Wagnerite  (*)Walentaite  (*)Wardite  (*)Wavellite  (*)Whitlockite  (*)
Wilhelmvierlingite  (*)Wolfeite  (*)Wyllieite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zincolibethenite  (*)
Zircon  (*)Zwieselite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211093053419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)5109276,109278,109286,109295,1092978803
Alluaudite  (*)Alluaudite   NaMnFe3+2(PO4)33109275,109291,10929594
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)311092752353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO511092951310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11092992734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)236.433.211093173092
Arrojadite-(KFe)  (*)Arrojadite(KNa)Fe2+(CaNa2)Fe2+13Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(OH)2110929150
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS9109276,109278,109281,109282,109283,109297,109301,109303,1093079052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O11093221272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211092885509
Barbosalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)23109275,109291,10930743
Barquillite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2(Cd,Fe)GeS411092781
Bassetite  (*)NoneFe2+(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)10110932451
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O184109295,109296,109297,1093054286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi3109276,109278,1092971966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S34109276,109278,109297,1093011935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42109276,1092785516
Briartite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeGeS42109276,10927812
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)36.433.22109301,10931727770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO213109275,109276,109278,109281,109285,109286,109291,109294,109295,109296,109297,109303,1093075171
Černýite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2CdSnS42109276,1092788
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2109288,1092994979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11092975707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS236.433.28109276,109278,109281,109295,109297,109301,109303,10931727198
Childrenite  (*)ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O2109294,10929593
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2109301,1093051025
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O36.433.21109317566
Collinsite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(PO4)2·2H2O2109275,10929138
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O62109291,109295518
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O63109276,109286,109297289
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O182109275,1092911008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O32109275,1092911797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3109276,109278,1092974165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)63109275,109291,109295310
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11092942970
Dewindtite  (*)PhosphuranyliteH2Pb3(UO2)6O4(PO4)4·12H2O110932282
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S2109276,1092781027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611093014135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)236.433.211093179895
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O1109294139
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O2109275,109291128
Eucryptite  (*)PhenakiteLiAlSiO42109295,10929729
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O110927572
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)2109281,109297551
Ferrisicklerite  (*)OlivineLi1-x(Fe3+,Mn2+)(PO4)4109275,109286,109291,109295108
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)21109301129
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F5109275,109291,109294,109295,1092962740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF236.433.26109276,109281,109297,109301,109303,1093179617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS36.433.28109276,109278,109288,109295,109297,109299,109301,10931724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2109299,1093247437
Gold  (*)CopperAu2109282,10928330554
Gormanite  (*)SouzaliteFe2+3Al4(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O3109275,109291,10929423
Graftonite  (*)GraftoniteFe2+Fe2+2(PO4)23109275,109291,109295107
Graphite  (*)NoneC36.433.211093172812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS2109276,109278717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)32109301,1093051544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61109301741
Hedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(AsO4)3Cl110932248
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O336.433.2110931714640
Herzenbergite  (*)ArsenolampriteSnS2109276,10927835
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)1109295204
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O2109275,109291125
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311092915433
Isokite  (*)TitaniteCaMg(PO4)F110930722
Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)  (*)JahnsiteCaMn2+Fe2+2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O110929127
Johnsomervilleite  (*)FillowiteNa3CaFe2+11(PO4)92109275,10929111
Keckite  (*)JahnsiteCaMn(Fe3+,Mn)2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)3·7H2O110930710
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)21109275232
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O2109275,109291110
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)1109294234
Lipscombite  (*)LipscombiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2110928647
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs21109301762
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2110928812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS236.433.211093175674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS21109276252
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS82109276,10927892
Messelite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Fe2+(PO4)2·2H2O110929543
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2109295,1092974924
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O2109275,109307129
Mohite  (*)MohiteCu2SnS32109276,1092784
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23109281,109295,1093035800
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)9109275,109276,109278,109286,109291,109294,109295,109296,109307200
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)236.433.211109275,109276,109278,109281,109285,109291,109295,109296,109297,109303,10931717380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2109281,1092952349
Petalite  (*)Not in a structural groupLiAlSi4O103109286,109295,109296124
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O1109324182
Purpurite  (*)OlivineMn3+(PO4)110929580
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS32109276,1092781425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS236.433.27109275,109281,109291,109295,109301,109317,10932439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22109285,1092993106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11092881725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811093019056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO236.433.219109275,109276,109278,109281,109282,109283,109285,109286,109288,109291,109295,109296,109297,109301,109303,109307,109317,109324,10932661156
Reddingite  (*)ReddingiteMn2+3(PO4)2·3H2O110927524
Reichenbachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4110929426
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)53109275,109291,109295206
Rosemaryite  (*)None   NaMn2+(Fe3+Al)(PO4)311092957
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22109285,1092975614
Saléeite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)102109322,10932495
Samuelsonite  (*)NoneCa9Mn2+4Al2(PO4)10(OH)211092754
Sarcopside  (*)NoneFe2+3(PO4)23109275,109291,10929558
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)6109281,109282,109283,109299,109301,1093054894
Scholzite  (*)NoneCaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O110929420
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)4109275,109291,109295,1093052705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11092811153
Sicklerite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)2109286,10929566
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO52109275,1092911516
Souzalite  (*)SouzaliteMg3Al4(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O2109275,10929111
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)311092751214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS36.433.24109295,109297,109301,10931721482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O63109295,109296,109297688
Staněkite  (*)WagneriteFe3+Mn2+O(PO4)2109275,10929113
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS44109276,109278,109295,109297668
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S12110927880
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)2109275,109291978
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)1109299156
Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Ta2O6110929499
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133109276,109278,1092975317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11093054899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F22109281,1092861476
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)2109275,109291313
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F3109286,109295,109307233
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO236.433.25109274,109275,109291,109317,1093242718
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1109299605
Varlamoffite  (*)Rutile(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)2110929456
Varulite  (*)AlluauditeNa2Mn(MnFe3+)(PO4)32109286,10929515
Väyrynenite  (*)NoneBeMn2+(PO4)(OH)110929515
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)102109301,1093051395
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O1109275636
Wagnerite  (*)WagneriteMg2(PO4)F2109275,10929161
Walentaite  (*)Walentaite[Mn(H2O)6][   As3+3Fe3+3(PO4)2O7]11093076
Wardite  (*)WarditeNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O110929458
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O1109307374
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)61109291104
Wilhelmvierlingite  (*)OveriteCaMn2+Fe3+(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O11092752
Wolfeite  (*)WagneriteFe2+2(PO4)(OH)2109275,10929143
Wyllieite  (*)NoneNaNaMn(Fe2+Al)(PO4)3110929517
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1109291939
Zincolibethenite  (*)AndalusiteCuZn(PO4)(OH)110929411
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)3109275,109291,1092975251
Zwieselite  (*)TripliteFe2+2(PO4)F110929547


2 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_584-00236.433.234.8±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     203254Alameda De Gardón Mine (Alameda Area), Salamanca, Castile And Leon, SpainAlameda de CardonBoth et al. (1994)10.2113/gsecongeo.89.3.584EG89_584 
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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