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Locality Name:
Cala Mines, Cala, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 283579
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283579.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cala Mines, Cala, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Manuel-Mercedes Open Pit

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 As C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidoteGarnet
MalachiteMarcasiteMilleriteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartz
SkutteruditeSpinelTitaniteVivianite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Ferro-pargasite  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Skutterudite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)311080591534
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O1108059445
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211080595509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110805927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110805927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11080593531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11080592970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611080594135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211080599895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11080598173
Ferro-pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2110805954
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS1108059131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11080597437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3110805914640
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O1108059103
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110805914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2110805912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211080595674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS11080591066
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1108059633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As31108059176
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS1108059767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110805939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811080599056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110805961156
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs31108059531
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11080594899


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