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

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

mindat Locality ID: 252500
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252500.html

Tectonic Settings: Backarc Environment

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Carlos Mine, San Juan De Plan, Huesca, Aragón, Spain": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°35'44"N
Longitude: 0°21'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.595555555556,0.36333333333333
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: As Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si 

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  (*)LöllingiteCoAsS419252056
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)241925203092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)41925203250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS41925209052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi41925201966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S341925201935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)419252027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2419252027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS4192520966
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)241925209895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O4192520814
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS4192520131
Graphite  (*)NoneC41925202812
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S44192520249
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs4192520633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As34192520176
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS4192520767
Pararammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2419252052
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2419252039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S841925209056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2419252061156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs24192520233
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs24192520317
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs34192520531


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   Yes 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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