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Locality Name:
Santa Comba, A Coruña (La Coruña), Galicia, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 283313
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283313.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Comba, A Coruña (La Coruña), Galicia, Spain": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Santa Comba Mine (Barilongo Mine)

Latitude: 43°1'59"N
Longitude: 8°48'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.033055555556,-8.8163888888889
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 As B Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Na O S Si Sn W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousArsenopyriteChalcopyriteColumbiteFeldsparFluoriteKaňkiteNonePyriteQuartz
RutileScheeliteSulphurTourmaline

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Hübnerite  (*)Kaatialaite  (*)Kaňkite  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pitticite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11103569052
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211103565171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111035627198
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)1110356551
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211103569617
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)1110356469
Kaatialaite  (*)NoneFe3+[AsO2(OH)2]3·5H2O111035612
Kaňkite  (*)KaňkiteFe3+(AsO4)·3.5H2O111035638
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)21110356210
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11103564924
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11103562994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11103562349
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)1110356140
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111035639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111035661156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11103564894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11103562705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11103561153
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11103562045


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