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Locality Name:
Ávila, Castile And Leon, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 274099
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274099.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ávila, Castile And Leon, Spain": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
El Hoyo De Pinares
El Losar Del Barco
San Bartolomé De Pinares

Latitude: 40°23'43"N
Longitude: 5°32'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.395277777778,-5.5358333333333

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: C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211091685509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110917027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11091684979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110916827198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2109168,10917024243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11091701689
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2110916812537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110916839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23109168,109170,10917361156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2109168,10917021482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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