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Locality Name:
Sancti Spiritu, La Unión, Sierra De Cartagena, Murcia, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 303584
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-303584.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sancti Spiritu, La Unión, Sierra De Cartagena, Murcia, Spain": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
San Valentín Mine (San Valentín 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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundum
DevillineDiasporeGypsumKaoliniteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSerpentineSphalerite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Ecandrewsite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenalite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11106462734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11106463250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61110646919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211106465509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)111064611547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61110646413
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111064627770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)11106461252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11106464979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111064627198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11106461382
Copper  (*)CopperCu11106463846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11106462970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1110646366
Ecandrewsite  (*)CorundumZnTiO311106468
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111064624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11106467437
Greenalite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)2-3Si2O5(OH)4111064661
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11106466890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111064614640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11106461689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)611106461066
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411106465591
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21110646987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111064612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211106465674
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11106461107
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11106462994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111064639462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211106463106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11106461725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111064661156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11106466417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11106462473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111064621482


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