Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Diaspore	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Vivianite

Anglesite ()*	Apjohnite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Celestine ()*	Cronstedtite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenalite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Ludlamite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Vivianite ()*

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:
Alunite Amorphous Baryte Calcite Clay Diaspore Gypsum Halotrichite Nickeline None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Vivianite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	110597	2734
Apjohnite ()*	Halotrichite	Mn²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	110593	28
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	110597	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	110597	413
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	110593	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	110597	1252
Cronstedtite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₃(Si,Fe³⁺)₂O₅(OH)₄	1	110593	54
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	110593,110597	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	110593	7437
Greenalite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)_2-3Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	110597	61
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	110593	6890
Ludlamite ()*	None	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	110593	66
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	110593,110597	14899
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	110593,110597	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	110593,110597	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	110593	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	110593,110597	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	110593,110597	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	110593,110597	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	110597	21482
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	110593	636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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