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Locality Name:
Golpejas Mining Group, Golpejas-Vega De Tirados, Salamanca, Castile And Leon, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 278359
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278359.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Golpejas Mining Group, Golpejas-Vega De Tirados, Salamanca, Castile And Leon, Spain": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tita Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Ca Cu F Fe H Li Na O P Sn Ta Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteApatiteChildreniteColumbiteDufréniteNoneNot in a structural groupRutileSouzaliteWardite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Cassiterite  (*)Childrenite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Gormanite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Montebrasite  (*)Reichenbachite  (*)Scholzite  (*)
Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)Varlamoffite  (*)Wardite  (*)Zincolibethenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211092945171
Childrenite  (*)ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O110929493
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11092942970
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O1109294139
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11092942740
Gormanite  (*)SouzaliteFe2+3Al4(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O110929423
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)1109294234
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)1109294200
Reichenbachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4110929426
Scholzite  (*)NoneCaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O110929420
Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Ta2O6110929499
Varlamoffite  (*)Rutile(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)2110929456
Wardite  (*)WarditeNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O110929458
Zincolibethenite  (*)AndalusiteCuZn(PO4)(OH)110929411



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