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Ángela Mine (Matienzo Este Mine), Matienzo, Karrantza Harana/Valle de Carranza, Biscay, Basque Country, Spaini
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Ángela Mine (Matienzo Este Mine)Mine
MatienzoVillage
Karrantza Harana/Valle de CarranzaMunicipality
BiscayProvince
Basque CountryAutonomous Community
SpainCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
43° 14' 3'' North , 3° 22' 28'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Ramales de la Victoria2,294 (2012)7.8km
Rasines942 (2012)9.0km
Ampuero3,713 (2012)12.5km
Limpias1,487 (2012)14.9km
Villasana de Mena3,427 (2012)16.7km
Mindat Locality ID:
69232
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:69232:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Name(s) in local language(s):
Mina Ángela (Mina Matienzo Este), Matienzo, Valle de Carranza, Vizcaya, País Vasco, España


Stratiform mineralizations hosted by Urgonian carbonate rocks: MVT deposit (diagenetic mineralizations).
Mineralization in fissures, with silicified wallrocks, cutting Gargasian to Lower Albian limestones of basin and slope facies.
Low- to medium-temperature diagenetic fluorite occurrence.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


7 valid minerals.

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Greenockite2.CB.45CdS
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Group 3 - Halides
Fluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Smithsonite5.AB.05ZnCO3
Cerussite5.AB.15PbCO3

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
C CerussitePbCO3
C SmithsoniteZnCO3
OOxygen
O CalciteCaCO3
O CerussitePbCO3
O SmithsoniteZnCO3
FFluorine
F FluoriteCaF2
SSulfur
S GalenaPbS
S GreenockiteCdS
S SphaleriteZnS
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca FluoriteCaF2
ZnZinc
Zn SmithsoniteZnCO3
Zn SphaleriteZnS
CdCadmium
Cd GreenockiteCdS
PbLead
Pb CerussitePbCO3
Pb GalenaPbS

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