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Collado de la Plata, Albarracín, Teruel, Aragon, Spaini
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Collado de la Plata | Mine (Abandoned) |
| Albarracín | Town |
| Teruel | Province |
| Aragon | Autonomous Community |
| Spain | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 16' 32'' North , 1° 18' 46'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Mine (Abandoned) - last checked 2024
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tramacastiel | 115 (2012) | 11.4km |
| Villel | 361 (2012) | 11.7km |
| Villastar | 503 (2017) | 13.7km |
| El Cuervo | 107 (2012) | 14.0km |
| Libros | 147 (2012) | 14.2km |
Name(s) in local language(s):
Collado de la Plata ( Mina La Esperanza- Mina La Plata), Albarracín, Teruel, Aragón, España
Ancient copper mines, which gave great importance to the principle of exploitation (1787) to find Cinnabar which made extremely overestimate their potential precisely at a time of maximum importance of mercury in gold mining (Almaden)
The presence of mercury in the form of cinnabar in this field is very minor and probably related to alteration of tetrahedrite besides the presence of crystalline Cuprite could do more confusion.
Possibly the paragenesis of alteration minerals from this mine should be widest by the presence of copper Sulphosalts and Cinnabar with the presence of Perroudite an example of this.
The samples of Malachite are very remarkable and spectacular specimens had to leave during the exploitation.
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
13 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Azurite Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ Cinnabar Formula: HgS |
| ⓘ Clinoclase Formula: Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3 |
| ⓘ Cuprite Formula: Cu2O |
| ⓘ Goethite Formula: Fe3+O(OH) |
| ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Native Copper Formula: Cu |
| ⓘ Olivenite Formula: Cu2(AsO4)(OH) |
| ⓘ Perroudite Formula: Hg5Ag4S5(I,Br)2Cl2 |
| ⓘ Pharmacosiderite Formula: KFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4 · 6-7H2O |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony Formula: SiO2 References: |
| ⓘ Siderite Formula: FeCO3 |
| ⓘ 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Copper | 1.AA.05 | Cu |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Cinnabar | 2.CD.15a | HgS |
| ⓘ | Perroudite | 2.FC.20c | Hg5Ag4S5(I,Br)2Cl2 |
| ⓘ | 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' | 2.GB.05 | Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Goethite | 4.00. | Fe3+O(OH) |
| ⓘ | Cuprite | 4.AA.10 | Cu2O |
| ⓘ | Quartz var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Siderite | 5.AB.05 | FeCO3 |
| ⓘ | Azurite | 5.BA.05 | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Olivenite | 8.BB.30 | Cu2(AsO4)(OH) |
| ⓘ | Clinoclase | 8.BE.20 | Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3 |
| ⓘ | Pharmacosiderite | 8.DK.10 | KFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4 · 6-7H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Clinoclase | Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3 |
| H | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Olivenite | Cu2(AsO4)(OH) |
| H | ⓘ Pharmacosiderite | KFe43+(AsO4)3(OH)4 · 6-7H2O |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| C | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Clinoclase | Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3 |
| O | ⓘ Cuprite | Cu2O |
| O | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Olivenite | Cu2(AsO4)(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Pharmacosiderite | KFe43+(AsO4)3(OH)4 · 6-7H2O |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
| S | ⓘ Perroudite | Hg5Ag4S5(I,Br)2Cl2 |
| S | ⓘ Tetrahedrite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | ⓘ Perroudite | Hg5Ag4S5(I,Br)2Cl2 |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Pharmacosiderite | KFe43+(AsO4)3(OH)4 · 6-7H2O |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| Fe | ⓘ Pharmacosiderite | KFe43+(AsO4)3(OH)4 · 6-7H2O |
| Fe | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Clinoclase | Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3 |
| Cu | ⓘ Cuprite | Cu2O |
| Cu | ⓘ Native Copper | Cu |
| Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Olivenite | Cu2(AsO4)(OH) |
| Cu | ⓘ Tetrahedrite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S |
| As | Arsenic | |
| As | ⓘ Clinoclase | Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3 |
| As | ⓘ Olivenite | Cu2(AsO4)(OH) |
| As | ⓘ Pharmacosiderite | KFe43+(AsO4)3(OH)4 · 6-7H2O |
| Br | Bromine | |
| Br | ⓘ Perroudite | Hg5Ag4S5(I,Br)2Cl2 |
| Ag | Silver | |
| Ag | ⓘ Perroudite | Hg5Ag4S5(I,Br)2Cl2 |
| Sb | Antimony | |
| Sb | ⓘ Tetrahedrite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S |
| I | Iodine | |
| I | ⓘ Perroudite | Hg5Ag4S5(I,Br)2Cl2 |
| Hg | Mercury | |
| Hg | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
| Hg | ⓘ Perroudite | Hg5Ag4S5(I,Br)2Cl2 |
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Collado de la Plata, Albarracín, Teruel, Aragon, Spain