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Locality Name:
Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 52565
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52565.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain": 37
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Bellmunt Del Priorat
Cornudella De Montsant
El Masroig
El Molar
Falset
Gratallops
Morera De Montsant
Pradell De La Teixeta
Ulldemolins

Latitude: 41°11'56"N
Longitude: 0°47'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.198888888889,0.79444444444444

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 Cd Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Te Ti V W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllaniteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragonite
ArsenicArseniosideriteArsenopyriteBaryteBerauniteBrackebuschiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibite
ClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteColumbiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteCyanotrichiteDescloizite
DiasporeDigeniteEpidoteEpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumHopeiteHydrotalcite
KaoliniteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMeloniteMicaMilleriteMiniumMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePerovskitePharmacosideritePyritePyrosmalitePyroxeneQuartz
RhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSkutteruditeSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelSulphur
TalcTetrahedriteTitaniteTurquoiseUllmanniteVivianiteWollastoniteWurtziteXanthoconiteZircon

163 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Adamite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)
Altaite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)
Anorthite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Asbolane  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Austinite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Beraunite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Bustamite  (*)Calcite  (*)Calderónite  (*)Čechite  (*)
Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)
Chalcostibite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clino-suenoite  (*)Clinoclase  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cryptomelane  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Descloizite  (*)
Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)
Dussertite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Ferro-actinolite  (*)Ferro-pargasite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Friedelite  (*)Galena  (*)Gartrellite  (*)Gaspéite  (*)
Gearksutite  (*)Glaukosphaerite  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Hollandite  (*)Hopeite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Jamborite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Johannsenite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Langite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Manganochromite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Melonite  (*)Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Morenosite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nacrite  (*)
Natronambulite  (*)Neotocite  (*)Népouite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Orthoserpierite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parascholzite  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)
Powellite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrophanite  (*)Pyroxmangite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)
Retgersite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Saponite  (*)Schafarzikite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Siegenite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tephroite  (*)Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Ullmannite  (*)Vaesite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Variscite  (*)Vernadite  (*)
Xanthoconite  (*)Zincrosasite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11099502793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22109946,1099613419
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)1109943254
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1109961706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)311099582353
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe1109946489
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)6109928,109934,109944,109945,109959,1099612734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)11099621588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)29109928,109934,109935,109939,109943,109944,109948,109949,1099503092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O2109943,109950445
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)11099611036
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)41109928246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)3109928,109934,1099423250
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O1109943194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11099509052
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O1109963143
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)62109950,109961919
Austinite  (*)AdeliteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)110994371
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)28109928,109934,109936,109937,109940,109943,109961,1099635509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15109928,109930,109934,109935,109939,109942,109943,109944,109945,109948,109949,109955,109957,109961,10996311547
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)61109961132
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O1109936136
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11099501966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411099435516
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb1109950175
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62109928,1099611633
Bustamite  (*)WollastoniteMn2Ca2MnCa(Si3O9)22109929,109946101
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11109928,109934,109935,109939,109943,109946,109948,109949,109950,109955,10996127770
Calderónite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)110996329
Čechite  (*)DescloizitePbFe2+(VO4)(OH)11099635
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)11099621252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)9109928,109934,109935,109943,109944,109945,109948,109949,1099634979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11099435707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS27109928,109932,109934,109935,109946,109950,10996127198
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O110993777
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS21109946162
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl2109932,1099501382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11099323531
Clino-suenoite  (*)Amphibole   Mn2+2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2210994657
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)31109943127
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1109946966
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)2109943,109951363
Copper  (*)CopperCu11099433846
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O162109930,109963227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11099434165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O161109946599
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21109946327
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11099432970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)22109936,109937179
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)1109963378
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41109934651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S11099431027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611099614135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)28109928,109934,109939,109942,109943,109944,109950,1099619895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)1109943220
Dussertite  (*)AluniteBaFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6110994333
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11099618173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O1109943814
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)22109929,109961129
Ferro-pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2110992954
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22109950,1099639617
Friedelite  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayMn2+8Si6O15(OH)10110994640
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16109928,109934,109935,109939,109942,109943,109944,109945,109946,109948,109949,109950,109955,109957,109961,10996324243
Gartrellite  (*)NonePbCuFe3+(AsO4)2(OH)·H2O110994341
Gaspéite  (*)CalciteNi(CO3)110992822
Gearksutite  (*)NoneCaAlF4(OH)·H2O110996368
Glaukosphaerite  (*)MalachiteCuNi(CO3)(OH)2110994325
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)7109928,109934,109935,109950,109953,109961,1099637437
Graphite  (*)NoneC11099402812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS3109934,109946,109961717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)311099611544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3109941,109954,1099626890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61109946741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33109928,109961,10996314640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O3109930,109934,1099591689
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1109946804
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O161109963243
Hopeite  (*)HopeiteZn3(PO4)2·4H2O110993029
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)1109946469
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)21109963201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)62109930,1099611066
Jamborite  (*)HydrotalciteNi2+1-xCo3+x(OH)2-x(SO4)x·nH2O [x ≤ 1/3 n; ≤ (1-x)]2109928,10993432
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S141109928784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611099302228
Johannsenite  (*)PyroxeneCaMnSi2O6110994673
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411099285591
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O1109943593
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O1109943149
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22109950,109961987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110996114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)27109928,109934,109937,109940,109943,109961,10996312537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1109946770
Manganochromite  (*)SpinelMn2+Cr2O411099466
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS24109928,109934,109950,1099615674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1109928915
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe21109946207
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS3109928,109934,1099501066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11099431107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O41109930247
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22109946,1099505800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O11099401508
Morenosite  (*)EpsomiteNi(SO4)·7H2O110992884
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)2109950,109963362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23109928,109934,10996117380
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43109933,109934,109943112
Natronambulite  (*)RhodoniteNaMn2+4Si5O14(OH)11099297
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)1109946186
Népouite  (*)Serpentine ClayNi3Si2O5(OH)4110995066
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs2109946,109950633
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)1109943492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O2109929,1099342994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11099502349
Orthoserpierite  (*)NoneCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O110996140
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS3109928,109946,109950767
Parascholzite  (*)NoneCaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O110993012
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O1109943428
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO21109930158
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61109930477
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S41109928131
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O1109928309
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1109961494
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS311099501425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211109928,109934,109935,109945,109946,109950,109951,109953,109958,109961,10996339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO24109928,109934,109946,1099533106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl4109930,109932,109934,1099601725
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO31109946244
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO31109946147
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811099509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215109928,109934,109942,109943,109944,109946,109948,109949,109950,109954,109955,109958,109961,109962,10996361156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O1109946177
Retgersite  (*)NoneNi(SO4)·6H2O110992855
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)11099461711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)2109929,109946969
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O101109946312
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211099615614
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O1109940301
Schafarzikite  (*)MiniumFe2+(Sb3+)2O411099439
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11099614894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11099431153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)9109928,109934,109935,109943,109949,109950,109953,109955,1099616417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S41109928249
Silver  (*)CopperAg3109932,109943,1099505186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs31109946531
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)3109943,109959,1099612473
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)32109929,1099461214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13109928,109934,109935,109939,109942,109944,109946,109948,109949,109950,109955,109961,10996321482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41109950586
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2109928,1099632045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211099293337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311099431803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11099431101
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)1109946240
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11099614899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O1109946433
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O2109936,109937484
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS1109946293
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS21109928106
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1109963605
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O2109936,109937301
Vernadite  (*)None(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)2·nH2O110992965
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS3110995089
Zincrosasite  (*)Malachite(Zn,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)2110994328
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11099615251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070619Eugenia Mine, Bellmunt Del Priorat, Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spainhttps://rruff.info/R070619
R080122Eugenia Mine, Bellmunt Del Priorat, Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spainhttps://rruff.info/R080122
R141122Joaquina Primera Mine, Bellmunt Del Priorat, Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spainhttps://rruff.info/R141122
R170047Maria Magdalena Mine, Ulldemolins, Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spainhttps://rruff.info/R170047


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