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Locality Name:
San Juan De Plan, Huesca, Aragón, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 419
Youngest recorded age at locality: 252

mindat Locality ID: 252498
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252498.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Juan De Plan, Huesca, Aragón, Spain": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
San Carlos Mine

Latitude: 42°35'44"N
Longitude: 0°21'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.595555555556,0.36305555555556
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: As Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCobaltiteLöllingiteNickelineNonePerovskite
PyriteQuartzSkutteruditeSpinelStibniteVivianite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Alloclasite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Graphite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pararammelsbergite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Safflorite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alloclasite  (*)LöllingiteCoAsS419252110835156
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)241925211083513092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)41925211083513250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS41925211083519052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi41925211083511966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S341925211083511935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)419252110835127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2419252110835127198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS4192521108351966
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)241925211083519895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O4192521108351814
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS4192521108351131
Graphite  (*)NoneC41925211083512812
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S44192521108351249
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs4192521108351633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As34192521108351176
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS4192521108351767
Pararammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2419252110835152
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2419252110835139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S841925211083519056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2419252110835161156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs24192521108351233
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs24192521108351317
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs34192521108351531


1 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
Kristen002527419252Silurian to Triassic age of ankerite     Fe, Cu, Bi, Co, Ni, As, S252498San Juan De Plan, Huesca, Aragón, SpainSan Juan de Plan DepositFanlo et al. (2004)10.2113/gscanmin.42.4.1221CM42_1221ore minerals occur in ankerite horizon that exists between Silurian black shales and Triassic red beds

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