Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Liat Mines, Vielha E Mijaran, Aran Valley, Lleida (Lérida), Catalonia, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 52725
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52725.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Liat Mines, Vielha E Mijaran, Aran Valley, Lleida (Lérida), Catalonia, Spain": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Pontaut
Susana Mine

Latitude: 42°47'30"N
Longitude: 0°52'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.791666666667,0.87083333333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Garnet	Malachite	Melanterite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel

Almandine ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Garnet Malachite Melanterite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		2353
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	0		2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	0		919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	109837	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	109837	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	109837	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	0		915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	109837	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	0		2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	109837	21482
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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