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Locality Name:
Guadarrama, Community Of Madrid, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 285977
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285977.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guadarrama, Community Of Madrid, Spain": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
La Primera Mine (Cabeza Líjar)

Latitude: 40°41'11"N
Longitude: 4°9'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.686388888889,-4.1630555555556
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 B Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O S Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenicChalcopyriteClayCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteMalachiteMicaMolybdenite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStanniteStibniteTourmaline

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Goethite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Schorl  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
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)211100725509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11100721966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311100721935
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211100725171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111007227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11100723531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11100724165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S11100721027
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11100727437
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111007212537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211100725800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2111007217380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111007239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111007261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11100724894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11100722705
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111007221482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS41110072668


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