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Locality Name:
Crémenes, León, Castile And Leon, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 274
Youngest recorded age at locality: 264

mindat Locality ID: 284002
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284002.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Crémenes, León, Castile And Leon, Spain": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lois
Salamón Mining District (Salamón Deposit)

Latitude: 42°59'46"N
Longitude: 5°6'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.996111111111,-5.1141666666667
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 Au C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBournoniteCalciteCobaltiteCopperFluoriteGeocroniteGypsumMarcasiteNone
OrpimentPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteZinkenite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jordanite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Livingstonite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)Picropharmacolite  (*)
Plagionite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Uraninite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS27426411092129052
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S112742641109212843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS327426411092121089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2742642109211,10921227770
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS2742642109211,1092122600
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS2742641109212966
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)227426411092129895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS274264110921224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu274264110921230554
Graphite  (*)NoneC27426411092122812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O27426411092126890
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S142742641109212784
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S232742641109212105
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S42742641109212249
Livingstonite  (*)NoneHgSb4S6(S)2274264110921224
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS227426411092125674
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S32742641109212511
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS2742641109212767
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O2742641109212105
Picropharmacolite  (*)NoneCa4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O274264110921299
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S172742641109212100
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2274264110921239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2274264110921261156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS2742641109212712
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS274264110921221482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1327426411092121803
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO227426411092122718
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S422742641109212228


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
DeepDive-Co-0036274264269        68258Salamón Mining District (Salamón Deposit), Crémenes, León, Castile And Leon, Spain Crespo et al. (2000)10.1016/S0375-6742(00)00152-7JGE71_191 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL

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