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Locality Name:
Málaga City, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 289142
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-289142.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Málaga City, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Este (District 2; Málaga-Este)
La Araña Quarry
Peinado Grande Outcrop

Latitude: 36°44'39"N
Longitude: 4°19'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.744166666667,-4.3211111111111
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorrensiteDiasporeDigeniteFeldsparKaolinite
MalachiteMicaMiniumNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Libethenite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Minium  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nacrite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tosudite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11082208803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11082182734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211082193092
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211082195509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3108218,108219,10822127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11082195707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110821927198
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11082192970
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41108220651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S11082191027
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS110821824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11082187437
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)611082181066
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411082205591
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)1108222234
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2110821912537
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O41108218247
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110822017380
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41108220112
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)41108222369
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22108219,10822061156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2108218,1082192473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS110821921482
Tosudite  (*)Corrensite ClayNa0.5(Al,Mg)6(Si,Al)8O18(OH)12·5H2O110822036


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