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Locality Name:
Sierra Minera De Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Murcia, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 247715
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247715.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sierra Minera De Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Murcia, Spain": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Brunita Open Pit (Brunita Quarry)
La Esperanza
La Fortuna
Lo Tacón Mines
Ocasión Mine
Sancti Spiritu

Latitude: 37°36'19"N
Longitude: 0°-53'-16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.605277777778,-0.88777777777778

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 Ba C Ca Fe H Mn O P Pb S Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousBaryteCalciteClayDiasporeGypsumHalotrichiteNickelineNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelVivianite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Apjohnite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beudantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Celestine  (*)Cronstedtite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenalite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Ludlamite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11105972734
Apjohnite  (*)HalotrichiteMn2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O111059328
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)111059711547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61110597413
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111059327770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)11105971252
Cronstedtite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)3(Si,Fe3+)2O5(OH)4111059354
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2110593,11059724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11105937437
Greenalite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)2-3Si2O5(OH)4111059761
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11105936890
Ludlamite  (*)NoneFe2+3(PO4)2·4H2O111059366
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42110593,11059714899
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O2110593,1105972994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22110593,11059739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811105939056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22110593,11059761156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2110593,1105976417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2110593,1105972473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111059721482
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O1110593636



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