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Pyrrhotite from
Aguablanca Mine, Monesterio, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pentlandite2
Merenskyite1
Michenerite1
Chalcopyrite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Aguablanca Mine, Monesterio, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:548824
Long-form Identifier:1:3:548824:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
44.8km (27.9 miles) ⓘRio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain
49.4km (30.7 miles) ⓘLos Frailes Mine, AznalcÃģllar, Seville, Andalusia, Spain
50.1km (31.1 miles) ⓘAznalcÃģllar Mine, AznalcÃģllar, Seville, Andalusia, Spain
56.8km (35.3 miles) ⓘSanta Justa Mine, Coto San Guillermo, Jerez de Caballeros, Sierra Suroeste, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
57.4km (35.7 miles) ⓘSan Guillermo Mine, Coto San Guillermo, Jerez de Caballeros, Sierra Suroeste, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
57.6km (35.8 miles) ⓘEl Colmenar mine (San Carlos quarry), Coto San Guillermo, Jerez de Caballeros, Sierra Suroeste, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
57.6km (35.8 miles) ⓘSanta BÃĄrbara mine (San Carlos quarry), Coto San Guillermo, Jerez de Caballeros, Sierra Suroeste, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
58.8km (36.5 miles) ⓘMonchi Mine, Burguillos del Cerro, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
69.2km (43.0 miles) ⓘSotiel Mine, Sotiel-Coronada mines, CalaÃąas, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain
74.0km (46.0 miles) ⓘOropesa Tin Project, CÃģrdoba, Andalusia, Spain
References
Ortega, L.; Lunar, R.; Garcia-Palomero, F.; Moreno, T.; Martin-Estevez, J. R.; Prichard, H. M.; Fisher, P. C. (2004) The Aguablanca Ni-Cu-PGE deposit, southwestern Iberia: magmatic ore-forming processes and retrograde evolution. The Canadian Mineralogist, 42 (2). 325-350 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.42.2.325
Tornos, Fernando, Galindo, Carmen, Casquet, CÃĐsar, Rodríguez Pevida, Luis, Martínez, CÃĐsar, Martínez, Enrique, Velasco, Francisco, Iriondo, Alexander (2006) The Aguablanca Ni–(Cu) sulfide deposit, SW Spain: geologic and geochemical controls and the relationship with a midcrustal layered mafic complex. Mineralium Deposita, 41 (8) 737-769 doi:10.1007/s00126-006-0090-6
PiÃąa, R., Gervilla, F., Ortega, L., Lunar, R. (2008) Mineralogy and geochemistry of platinum-group elements in the Aguablanca Ni-Cu deposit (SW Spain) Mineralogy and Petrology, 92 (1) 259-282 doi:10.1007/s00710-007-0195-3
SuÃĄrez, S., Nieto, F., Velasco, F., & Martín, F. J. (2011). Serpentine and chlorite as effective Ni-Cu sinks during weathering of the Aguablanca sulphide deposit (SW Spain). TEM evidence for metal-retention mechanisms in sheet silicates. European Journal of Mineralogy, 23(2), 179-196.
 
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