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


mindat Locality ID: 54425
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54425.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Naut Aran, Aran Valley, Lleida (Lérida), Catalonia, Spain": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Forcall Mines
Montoliu Mines
Reparadora Mines

Latitude: 42°46'59"N
Longitude: 0°56'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.783055555556,0.93444444444444

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 As C Ca Co Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteDiasporeLöllingiteMalachiteNickelineNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Safflorite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3109831,109832,1098339052
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb1109832175
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3109831,109832,10983327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23109831,109832,10983327198
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121109832663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3109831,109832,10983324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3109831,109832,1098337437
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs21109833762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43109831,109832,10983314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2110983312537
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS1109833767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22109831,10983339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23109831,109832,10983361156
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs21109833317
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3109831,109832,1098336417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3109831,109832,10983321482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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