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Santa Marta, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spaini
Regional Level Types
Santa MartaMunicipality
BadajozProvince
ExtremaduraAutonomous Community
SpainCountry

Coat of Arms of Santa Marta
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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Santa Marta4,177 (2012)
Mindat Locality ID:
166609
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:166609:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Santa Marta de los Barros, Badajoz, Estrémadure, Espagne
Italian:
Santa Marta, provincia di Badajoz, Estremadura, Spagna
Simplified Chinese:
圣马尔塔, 巴達霍斯, 埃斯特雷马杜拉, 西班牙
Spanish:
Santa Marta, Badajoz, Extremadura, España
Arabic:
سانتا مارتا , بطليوس, إكستريمادورا, إسبانيا
Aragonese:
Santa Marta, Provincia de Badajoz, Estremadura, Espanya
Asturian:
Santa Marta, Badaxoz, Estremadura, España
Basque:
Santa Marta, Badajoz, Extremadura, Espainia
Catalan:
Santa Marta de los Barros, Badajoz, Extremadura, Espanya
Cebuano:
Santa Marta, Provincia de Badajoz, Extremadura, Espanya
Czech:
Santa Marta, Provincie Badajoz, Extremadura, Španělsko
Dutch:
Santa Marta, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spanje
Esperanto:
Santa Marta de los Barros, Badaĥozo, Ekstremaduro, Hispanio
Galician:
Santa Marta, Badaxoz, Estremadura, España
Hungarian:
Santa Marta, Badajoz , Extremadura, Spanyolország
Ido:
Santa Marta, Provinco Badajoz, Extremadura, Hispania
Interlingua:
Santa Marta, Provincia Badajoz, Communitate Autonome Extremadura, Espania
Japanese:
サンタ・マルタ , バダホス, エストレマドゥーラ州, スペイン
Lithuanian:
Santa Marta, Badachoso provincija, Estremadūra, Ispanija
Macedonian:
Санта Марија, Бадахоз, Екстремадура, Шпанија
Malay:
Santa Marta, Wilayah Badajoz, Extremadura, Sepanyol
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Santa Marta, Badajoz Séng, Se-pan-gâ
Occitan:
Santa Marta, Badajoz, Extremadura, Espanha
Polish:
Santa Marta , Badajoz, Estremadura, Hiszpania
Portuguese:
Santa Marta, Badajoz, Estremadura, Espanha
Romanian:
Santa Marta , Provincia Badajoz, Extremadura, Spania
Swedish:
Santa Marta, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spanien
Ukrainian:
Санта-Марта, Бадахос, Естремадура, Іспанія
Vietnamese:
Santa Marta, Badajoz, Extremadura, Tây Ban Nha
Waray:
Santa Marta, Provincia de Badajoz, Extremadura, Espanya


Santa Marta is a municipality in the Spanish province of Badajoz, in the autonomous community of Extremadura.

The vanadium, lead, and zinc mines of the Santa Marta de los Barros mining district were an important source of vanadium supply at the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth, and their lead, silver, and zinc ores were subsequently exploited until the definitive closure of the district in 1929.

The main mines of the Santa Marta mining district are located in two different places in the northeast area of the town and are concentrated in two adjacent geographical areas: Los Llanos and Las Colmenitas (these names do not correspond to mine names but to geographical areas).

In the Los Llanos area are located the "La Constante" and "Maria Luisa" mines, as well as the main shaft of the "Reserva" mine. The area of Las Colmenitas, north of Los Llanos, is where the rest of the works of the "Reserva" mine are located (shaft #2 to #6).

Outside these two areas, but still in the mining district of Santa Marta, is the La Vanadina mine.

These mines have yielded excellent specimens of vanadinite and are the type locality for calderónite, a mineral discovered for the first time in the "Reserva" mine.

The Santa Marta lead-zinc deposits fit into the medium-high grade Precambrian formation of metamorphism. The hydrothermal (mesothermal) veins are related to the late Hercynian fracturing period and are genetically connected to the Santa Marta stock.

Minerals from the Reserva mine:
Adamite, calderónite, cerussite, descloizite, devilline, goethite, hemimorphite, jarosite, linarite, mimetite, osarizawaite, smithsonite, vanadinite.

Minerals from the La Constante mine:
Adamite, chalcophanite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, conichalcite, descloizite, goethite, hemimorphite, hydrozincite, jarosite, linarite, mimetite, minium, pyromorphite, rosasite, smithsonite, vanadinite, wulfenite.

Minerals from the Maria Luisa mine:
Calderónite, cerussite, descloizite, goethite, vanadinite.

Minerals from the La Vanadina mine:
Vanadinite, wulfenite.

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28 valid minerals. 1 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals.

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Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Adamite
Formula: Zn2(AsO4)(OH)
ⓘ Anglesite
Formula: PbSO4
ⓘ Beudantite
Formula: PbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6
ⓘ Calderónite (TL)
Formula: Pb2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)
ⓘ Cerussite
Formula: PbCO3
ⓘ Chalcophanite
Formula: ZnMn4+3O7 · 3H2O
ⓘ Chlorargyrite
Formula: AgCl
ⓘ 'Chlorite Group'
ⓘ Conichalcite
Formula: CaCu(AsO4)(OH)
ⓘ Descloizite
Formula: PbZn(VO4)(OH)
ⓘ Galena
Formula: PbS
ⓘ Goethite
Formula: Fe3+O(OH)
ⓘ Hemimorphite
Formula: Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
ⓘ Hydrozincite
Formula: Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
ⓘ Jarosite
Formula: KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6
ⓘ Linarite
Formula: PbCu(SO4)(OH)2
ⓘ Marcasite
Formula: FeS2
ⓘ Mimetite
Formula: Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
ⓘ Minium
Formula: Pb3O4
ⓘ Native Silver
Formula: Ag
ⓘ Pharmacosiderite
Formula: KFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4 · 6-7H2O
ⓘ Pyromorphite
Formula: Pb5(PO4)3Cl
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ Rosasite
Formula: (Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
ⓘ Siderite
Formula: FeCO3
ⓘ Smithsonite
Formula: ZnCO3
ⓘ Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
ⓘ Vanadinite
Formula: Pb5(VO4)3Cl
ⓘ Wulfenite
Formula: Pb(MoO4)

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Silver1.AA.05Ag
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘSphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
ⓘGalena2.CD.10PbS
ⓘMarcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
Group 3 - Halides
ⓘChlorargyrite3.AA.15AgCl
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘMinium4.BD.05Pb3O4
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘGoethite4.FD.10Fe3+O(OH)
ⓘChalcophanite4.FL.20ZnMn4+3O7 · 3H2O
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘSiderite5.AB.05FeCO3
ⓘSmithsonite5.AB.05ZnCO3
ⓘCerussite5.AB.15PbCO3
ⓘRosasite5.BA.10(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
ⓘHydrozincite5.BA.15Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘAnglesite7.AD.35PbSO4
ⓘJarosite7.BC.10KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6
ⓘLinarite7.BC.65PbCu(SO4)(OH)2
ⓘWulfenite7.GA.05Pb(MoO4)
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
ⓘAdamite8.BB.30Zn2(AsO4)(OH)
ⓘCalderónite (TL)8.BG.05Pb2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)
ⓘConichalcite8.BH.35CaCu(AsO4)(OH)
ⓘDescloizite8.BH.40PbZn(VO4)(OH)
ⓘBeudantite8.BL.05PbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6
ⓘMimetite8.BN.05Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
ⓘPyromorphite8.BN.05Pb5(PO4)3Cl
ⓘVanadinite8.BN.05Pb5(VO4)3Cl
ⓘPharmacosiderite8.DK.10KFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4 · 6-7H2O
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘHemimorphite9.BD.10Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Unclassified
ⓘ'Chlorite Group'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ AdamiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)
Hⓘ BeudantitePbFe33+(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Hⓘ ChalcophaniteZnMn34+O7 · 3H2O
Hⓘ ConichalciteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)
Hⓘ DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)
Hⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Hⓘ HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Hⓘ HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Hⓘ JarositeKFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
Hⓘ LinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Hⓘ PharmacosideriteKFe43+(AsO4)3(OH)4 · 6-7H2O
Hⓘ Rosasite(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Hⓘ CalderónitePb2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)
CCarbon
Cⓘ CerussitePbCO3
Cⓘ HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Cⓘ Rosasite(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Cⓘ SideriteFeCO3
Cⓘ SmithsoniteZnCO3
OOxygen
Oⓘ AdamiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)
Oⓘ AnglesitePbSO4
Oⓘ BeudantitePbFe33+(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Oⓘ CerussitePbCO3
Oⓘ ChalcophaniteZnMn34+O7 · 3H2O
Oⓘ ConichalciteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)
Oⓘ DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)
Oⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Oⓘ HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Oⓘ HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Oⓘ JarositeKFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
Oⓘ LinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Oⓘ MimetitePb5(AsO4)3Cl
Oⓘ MiniumPb3O4
Oⓘ PharmacosideriteKFe43+(AsO4)3(OH)4 · 6-7H2O
Oⓘ PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ Rosasite(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Oⓘ SideriteFeCO3
Oⓘ SmithsoniteZnCO3
Oⓘ VanadinitePb5(VO4)3Cl
Oⓘ WulfenitePb(MoO4)
Oⓘ CalderónitePb2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)
SiSilicon
Siⓘ HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
PPhosphorus
Pⓘ PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
SSulfur
Sⓘ AnglesitePbSO4
Sⓘ BeudantitePbFe33+(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Sⓘ GalenaPbS
Sⓘ JarositeKFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
Sⓘ LinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Sⓘ MarcasiteFeS2
Sⓘ SphaleriteZnS
ClChlorine
Clⓘ ChlorargyriteAgCl
Clⓘ MimetitePb5(AsO4)3Cl
Clⓘ PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
Clⓘ VanadinitePb5(VO4)3Cl
KPotassium
Kⓘ JarositeKFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
Kⓘ PharmacosideriteKFe43+(AsO4)3(OH)4 · 6-7H2O
CaCalcium
Caⓘ ConichalciteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)
VVanadium
Vⓘ DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)
Vⓘ VanadinitePb5(VO4)3Cl
Vⓘ CalderónitePb2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)
MnManganese
Mnⓘ ChalcophaniteZnMn34+O7 · 3H2O
FeIron
Feⓘ BeudantitePbFe33+(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Feⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Feⓘ JarositeKFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
Feⓘ MarcasiteFeS2
Feⓘ PharmacosideriteKFe43+(AsO4)3(OH)4 · 6-7H2O
Feⓘ SideriteFeCO3
Feⓘ CalderónitePb2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)
CuCopper
Cuⓘ ConichalciteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)
Cuⓘ LinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Cuⓘ Rosasite(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
ZnZinc
Znⓘ AdamiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)
Znⓘ ChalcophaniteZnMn34+O7 · 3H2O
Znⓘ DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)
Znⓘ HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Znⓘ HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Znⓘ Rosasite(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Znⓘ SmithsoniteZnCO3
Znⓘ SphaleriteZnS
AsArsenic
Asⓘ AdamiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)
Asⓘ BeudantitePbFe33+(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Asⓘ ConichalciteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)
Asⓘ MimetitePb5(AsO4)3Cl
Asⓘ PharmacosideriteKFe43+(AsO4)3(OH)4 · 6-7H2O
MoMolybdenum
Moⓘ WulfenitePb(MoO4)
AgSilver
Agⓘ ChlorargyriteAgCl
Agⓘ Native SilverAg
PbLead
Pbⓘ AnglesitePbSO4
Pbⓘ BeudantitePbFe33+(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Pbⓘ CerussitePbCO3
Pbⓘ DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)
Pbⓘ GalenaPbS
Pbⓘ LinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Pbⓘ MimetitePb5(AsO4)3Cl
Pbⓘ MiniumPb3O4
Pbⓘ PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
Pbⓘ VanadinitePb5(VO4)3Cl
Pbⓘ WulfenitePb(MoO4)
Pbⓘ CalderónitePb2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Marta,_Extremadura
Wikidata ID:Q1629459
GeoNames ID:6355986

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