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Locality Name:
Arres, Aran Valley, Lleida (Lérida), Catalonia, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 54424
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54424.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arres, Aran Valley, Lleida (Lérida), Catalonia, Spain": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Solitaria Mine
Victoria Mine

Latitude: 42°45'29"N
Longitude: 0°42'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.758055555556,0.70805555555556
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: Al B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumDiasporeGarnetMalachite
MicaNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTourmaline

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andalusite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schorl  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211098233419
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)311098232353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO511098231310
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61109823919
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411098235516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2109822,10982327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22109822,10982327198
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1811098231008
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62109822,1098234135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211098229895
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O41109823445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2109822,10982324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2109822,1098237437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3110982314640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22109822,10982312537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22109822,10982317380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)211098232273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22109822,10982339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811098239056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22109822,10982361156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11098222705
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11098222473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2109822,10982321482
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211098232562


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