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Pitchblende from
Águila area (Fé mine), Saelices el Chico, Salamanca, Castile and Leon, Spain


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Uraninite var: Pitchblende
Formula:UO2
Age information
Maximum recorded age:34.8 ± 1.6 Ma
Minimum recorded age:34.8 ± 1.6 Ma
Sample ages:
Recorded ageGeologic TimeSampleDating method
134.8 ± 1.6 MaEocene - U-Pb
Sample references:
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Both, R. A., Arribas, A., de Saint-Andre, B. (1994) The origin of breccia-hosted uranium deposits in carbonaceous metasediments of the Iberian Peninsula; U-Pb geochronology and stable isotope studies of the Fe Deposit, Salamanca Province, Spain. Economic Geology, 89 (3) 584-601 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.89.3.584
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pitchblende data
Locality Data:Click here to view Águila area (Fé mine), Saelices el Chico, Salamanca, Castile and Leon, Spain
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:598945
Long-form Identifier:1:3:598945:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pitchblende
32.9km (20.5 miles) ⓘBarroco de D. Frango Mine, Freixo, Almeida, Guarda, Portugal
41.3km (25.6 miles) ⓘPrado Velho Mine, Pínzio, Pinhel, Guarda, Portugal
49.9km (31.0 miles) ⓘSenhora das Fontes Mine, Santa Eufémia, Pinhel, Guarda, Portugal
53.4km (33.2 miles) ⓘCorredoura Mine, Guarda (Sé), Guarda, Guarda, Portugal
53.7km (33.4 miles) ⓘAlto da Várzea and Quinta do Pinheiro Mines, Guarda (Sé), Guarda, Guarda, Portugal
56.3km (35.0 miles) ⓘVale da Arca Mine, Águas Belas, Sabugal, Guarda, Portugal
57.2km (35.5 miles) ⓘBarroca Funda Mine, Faia, Guarda, Guarda, Portugal
58.3km (36.2 miles) ⓘJoão Antão Mine, João Antão, Guarda, Guarda, Portugal
58.6km (36.4 miles) ⓘCarrasca Mine, Quarta-Feira, Sortelha, Sabugal, Guarda, Portugal
60.0km (37.3 miles) ⓘRosmaneira Mine, Bendada, Sabugal, Guarda, Portugal
References
Both, R. A., Arribas, A., de Saint-Andre, B. (1994) The origin of breccia-hosted uranium deposits in carbonaceous metasediments of the Iberian Peninsula; U-Pb geochronology and stable isotope studies of the Fe Deposit, Salamanca Province, Spain. Economic Geology, 89 (3) 584-601 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.89.3.584
 
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