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Locality Name:
Vall De Ribes, Ripollès, Girona (Gerona), Catalonia, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 19016
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19016.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vall De Ribes, Ripollès, Girona (Gerona), Catalonia, Spain": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Espinosa Mine
Fecunda Mine
Terragona Mine
Ventola Mine
Zaragoza Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Bi C Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Sb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBerthieriteBixbyiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumDiasporeMalachiteMarcasite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bixbyite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Robinsonite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22109791,1097923092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS5109788,109789,109790,109791,1097929052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S41109789343
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311097921935
Bixbyite  (*)BixbyiteMn3+2O30104
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O40352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23109788,109791,10979227198
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S50344
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2109788,10979224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gold  (*)CopperAu2109788,10979230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3110979114640
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S141109789784
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211097895674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24109788,109789,109791,10979239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811097929056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25109788,109789,109790,109791,10979261156
Robinsonite  (*)NonePb4Sb6S13039
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11097924894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)4109788,109789,109791,1097926417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2109789,10979221482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311097893418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132109788,1097925317
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O30369


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