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Locality Name:
Jaroso Ravine, Sierra Almagrera, Cuevas Del Almanzora (Cuevas De Vera), Almería, Andalusia, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 3134
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3134.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jaroso Ravine, Sierra Almagrera, Cuevas Del Almanzora (Cuevas De Vera), Almería, Andalusia, Spain": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Esperanza Mine
La Estrella Mine

Latitude: 37°17'42"N
Longitude: 1°44'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.295,-1.7497222222222
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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Ni O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteAtacamiteBaryteBournoniteBrackebuschiteBrochantite
CalciteCarminiteChalcopyriteColumbiteCorundumCovelliteCyanotrichiteDiasporeGypsumHalotrichite
LepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteSulphurTetrahedriteZinkosite

51 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Arsentsumebite  (*)
Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beudantite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Carminite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Clinoatacamite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gartrellite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Osarizawaite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pharmacoalumite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)Segnitite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Veenite  (*)
Zinkosite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61107723966
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO211077232162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11077232734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Arsentsumebite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)110772337
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)31107723544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211077235509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)110772311547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)21107723172
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61107723413
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S110843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS311077221089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611077231633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)21107723178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11077234979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11077231382
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS02600
Clinoatacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3110772343
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11077234165
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)21107723179
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)0551
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2107722,10772324243
Gartrellite  (*)NonePbCuFe3+(AsO4)2(OH)·H2O110772341
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11077237437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11077236890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O0409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611077232228
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)1107723581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2110772312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11077231107
Osarizawaite  (*)AlunitePb(Al2Cu2+)(SO4)2(OH)6110772364
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS0767
Pharmacoalumite  (*)PharmacosideriteKAl4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6.5H2O110772317
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O1107723428
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61107723170
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11077231153
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)60134
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11077236417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS110772221482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11077232045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311077225317
Veenite  (*)NonePb2(Sb,As)2S509
Zinkosite  (*)ZinkositeZn(SO4)02


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