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Locality Name:
Cabo De Palos Range, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 295356
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-295356.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cabo De Palos Range, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ferruginosa Mine

Latitude: 37°36'49"N
Longitude: 0°-43'-21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.613611111111,-0.7225
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: Ag Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Na O Pb S Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAtacamiteBaryteCalciteCoronaditeDiasporeGypsumMalachiteNone
QuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSulphur

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Boleite  (*)Caracolite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Chalcophanite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Cotunnite  (*)Galena  (*)
Glauberite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Lesukite  (*)Malachite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Penfieldite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sideronatrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11105202734
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)31110520544
Boleite  (*)NoneKAg9Pb26Cu24Cl62(OH)48111052065
Caracolite  (*)ApatiteNa2(Pb2Na)(SO4)3Cl111052020
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)11105201252
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O1110520197
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11105201382
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O161110520227
Cotunnite  (*)NonePbCl2111052054
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111052024243
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)21110520137
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11105207437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11105206890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl11105201398
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611105202228
Lesukite  (*)NoneAl2(OH)5Cl·2H2O111052010
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111052012537
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61110520254
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)61110520158
Penfieldite  (*)NonePb2Cl3(OH)111052022
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211105203106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111052061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11105206417
Sideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·3H2O111052073
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111052021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11105202045


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