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Ankerite from
Eureka mine, Castell-estaó, La Torre de Cabdella, La Vall Fosca, Pallars Jussà, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Ankerite
Formula:Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite3
Bornite2
Chalcopyrite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ankerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Eureka mine, Castell-estaó, La Torre de Cabdella, La Vall Fosca, Pallars Jussà, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:249016
Long-form Identifier:1:3:249016:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Ankerite
35.5km (22.1 miles) ⓘCrescencia Mine (Pico Gallinero Mine), Castejón de Sos, Huesca, Aragon, Spain
52.8km (32.8 miles) ⓘLlorts Mine, Llorts, Ordino, Andorra
54.0km (33.5 miles) ⓘSan Carlos mine, San Juan de Plan, Huesca, Aragon, Spain
76.1km (47.3 miles) ⓘAure Valley, Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, France
96.3km (59.9 miles) ⓘZaragoza mine, Queralbs, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
References
Mata i Perelló, Josep Maria (1990) Els minerals de Catalunya [The minerals of Catalonia]. Institut d'Estudis Catalans.
Castillo-Oliver, Montgarri, Melgarejo, Joan Carles, Torró, Lisard, Villanova-de-Benavent, Cristina, Campeny, Marc, Díaz-Acha, Yael, Amores-Casals, Sandra, Xu, Jingyao, Proenza, Joaquin, Tauler, Esperança (2019) Sandstone-Hosted Uranium Deposits as a Possible Source for Critical Elements: The Eureka Mine Case, Castell-Estaó, Catalonia. Minerals, 10 (1) 34 doi:10.3390/min10010034
 
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