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Locality Name:
Zarza La Mayor, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 68277
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-68277.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zarza La Mayor, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Esperanza Mine
La Maravilla Mine
La Paloma Mine
La Requeja Mine

Latitude: 39°50'22"N
Longitude: 6°51'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.839444444444,-6.8513888888889
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 Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sr U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H K O Si W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteApatiteBerauniteClayCoronaditeDiasporeDufréniteGypsumMica
NonePhosphosideritePyriteQuartzRockbridgeiteRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSulphurTurquoise
Wardite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Benauite  (*)Beraunite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)Corkite  (*)
Cryptomelane  (*)Cyrilovite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Goyazite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kidwellite  (*)Kintoreite  (*)
Libethenite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrodufrénite  (*)Phosphohedyphane  (*)
Phosphosiderite  (*)Plimerite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rockbridgeite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strengite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Turquoise  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Benauite  (*)AluniteSrFe3+3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)611103303
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O1110330136
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O1110330280
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O111033077
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)61110330151
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O161110330599
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O111033060
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F4110328,110329,110330,1103312740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111033024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11103307437
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61110330173
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11103306890
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611103302228
Kidwellite  (*)NoneNaFe3+9+x(PO4)6(OH)11·3H2O (x ≈ 0.33)111033053
Kintoreite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6111033041
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)1110330234
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O1110330443
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Natrodufrénite  (*)DufréniteNaFe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O111033046
Phosphohedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(PO4)3Cl111033071
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O1110330182
Plimerite  (*)RockbridgeiteZn2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)4(H2O)11103308
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)41110330369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111033039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24110328,110329,110330,11033161156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)51110330206
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111033021482
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O1110330263
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11103302045
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O1110330484


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