Trinidad mine, Benalmádena, Málaga, Andalusia, Spaini
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Trinidad mine | Mine |
| Benalmádena | Municipality |
| Málaga | Province |
| Andalusia | Autonomous Community |
| Spain | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
36° 35' 28'' North , 4° 35' 38'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Benalmádena | 58,854 (2017) | 2.0km |
| Mijas | 73,787 (2012) | 3.9km |
| Fuengirola | 71,482 (2013) | 6.3km |
| Alhaurín de la Torre | 35,114 (2014) | 8.6km |
| Torremolinos | 65,448 (2012) | 9.0km |
Name(s) in local language(s):
Mina Trinidad, Benalmádena, Málaga
Iron mine close to the border between Benalmádena and Mijas municipality. Iron ores are found in karstic cavities in marbles, where aragonite and calcite crystals are also formed after iron hydroxides. The marbles around the mine contain spinel and other skarn minerals.
The deposit includes irregular masses formed in magnesium skarn lenses on dolomitic marble. Hornfels series. Towards the south there exists a contact zone (reverse fault) with weathered and hydrothermalized leucogranites, sillimanite gneiss and alpine peridotites (Mijas Serpentinites). Serpentinites were affected by hydrothermal metamorphism, forming a talc-chrysotile-lizardite deposit.
Although mining was mainly focused on iron ores masses inside marble (limonite, goethite, hematite), just in the neighborhood skarn lenses bearing clinohumite-spinel can be found. Spinel occurs in beautiful assemblage ranging in colour from dark red, pink, lilac, purple and minor black pleonaste. Mineral association includes brucite, dolomite, limonite, ilmenite-geikielite, phlogopite and pyrrhotite.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Brucite Formula: Mg(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 References: |
| ⓘ Clinohumite Formula: Mg9(SiO4)4F2 Description: Clinohumite occurs with spinel in metasomatic bands with forsterite, pyrrhotite and phlogopite in a dolomitic marble, although the first finds were associated with calcite, limonite and phlogopite in an oxidation zone.
Clinohumite is found as relatively well defined crystals, but with somewhat rounded faces and edges, up to 1.5 centimeters in size, orange in color and bright. References: |
| ⓘ Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 |
| ⓘ 'Garnet Group' Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
| ⓘ Geikielite Formula: MgTiO3 References: |
| ⓘ Goethite Formula: Fe3+O(OH) References: |
| ⓘ Graphite Formula: C References: |
| ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 References: |
| ⓘ Ilmenite Formula: Fe2+TiO3 References: |
| ⓘ 'Limonite' |
| ⓘ Phlogopite Formula: KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Pyrrhotite Formula: Fe1-xS References: |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Spinel Formula: MgAl2O4 References: |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Graphite | 1.CB.05a | C |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Goethite | 4.00. | Fe3+O(OH) |
| ⓘ | Spinel | 4.BB.05 | MgAl2O4 |
| ⓘ | Geikielite | 4.CB.05 | MgTiO3 |
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ | Ilmenite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2+TiO3 |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Brucite | 4.FE.05 | Mg(OH)2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Clinohumite | 9.AF.55 | Mg9(SiO4)4F2 |
| ⓘ | Phlogopite | 9.EC.20 | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Garnet Group' | - | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Brucite | Mg(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| H | ⓘ Phlogopite | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| C | ⓘ Graphite | C |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Brucite | Mg(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Clinohumite | Mg9(SiO4)4F2 |
| O | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| O | ⓘ Geikielite | MgTiO3 |
| O | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| O | ⓘ Phlogopite | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Spinel | MgAl2O4 |
| O | ⓘ Garnet Group | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Clinohumite | Mg9(SiO4)4F2 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Brucite | Mg(OH)2 |
| Mg | ⓘ Clinohumite | Mg9(SiO4)4F2 |
| Mg | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Mg | ⓘ Geikielite | MgTiO3 |
| Mg | ⓘ Phlogopite | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Mg | ⓘ Spinel | MgAl2O4 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Phlogopite | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Al | ⓘ Spinel | MgAl2O4 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Clinohumite | Mg9(SiO4)4F2 |
| Si | ⓘ Phlogopite | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Garnet Group | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Phlogopite | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Ti | Titanium | |
| Ti | ⓘ Geikielite | MgTiO3 |
| Ti | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
- Betic CordilleraPassive Margin
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Iberian PeninsulaPeninsula
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Trinidad mine, Benalmádena, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain