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Illite from
Las Cuevas Mine, Almadén Mine, Almadén, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite var: Illite
Formula:K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Illite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Las Cuevas Mine, Almadén Mine, Almadén, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:609261
Long-form Identifier:1:3:609261:0
GUID (UUID V4):5b3f69fb-f21d-435b-a052-d63ee1c95b1a
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
magmatic-related hydrothermal activity in the Almadén syncline, Spain: a longlasting Silurian to Devonian process...Higueras, R. Oyarzun, J. Munhá and D. Morata Almadén (central Spain) is the most remarkable mercurymining district...of the Iberian Variscan Chain2,3 (Fig. 1). The Almadén rocks and mineralization pose an intriguing problem...Lower Silurian strata-bound mineralization (e.g. Almadén and El Entredicho) other deposits are found higher...persistent submarine magmatic activity in the Almadén basin may have sustained long-lasting submarine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
á J. Sierra á J. Parras The Las Cuevas deposit, Almaden district (Spain): An unusual case of deep-seated...Abstract The Hercynian mercury mineralization of Las Cuevas is hosted by a highly folded and sheared sequence...te, quartz-pyrophyllite-(kaolinite)-(illite), and quartz-illite-(pyrophyllite)-(kaolinite). The distal...distal alteration (100 m wide) consists of (quartz)-illite-chlorite-(pyrophyllite), or rectorite-(chlorite)...‹magnesite, ‹calcite). The mercury deposit of Las Cuevas can be regarded as an unusual combination of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
isotopic data for cinnabar in the Almadén district (Spain): implications for the genesis of the mercury deposits...terms of size, and exemplified by the deposit of Las Cuevas. The latter ones can be found at different positions...Universidad Castilla-La Mancha, Plaza Manuel Meca, 1, 13400 Almadén (Ciudad Real), Spain E-mail: pablo.higueras@uclm...Geológicas, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain C. C. G. Tassinari Æ I. R. Ruiz CPGeo, Instituto...of main deposits (LC—Las Cuevas; EE—El Entredicho; NE—Nuevo Entredicho; NVC—La Nueva Concepción) contemporaneous
Journal (issue)
JANUARY–FEBRUARY 2019 Articles The Almadén mining district, Ciudad Real, Spain ...............................COVER: CINNABAR twin, 6.5 mm, on matrix, from Almadén, Spain. Gianfranco Ciccolini collection and photo...District, Ciudad Real, Spain Borja Sainz de Baranda Graf Miami, 3, 4-C 28027 Madrid (Spain) borjateresa@hotmail...Campus Universitario-28805 Alcala de Henares (Spain) The Almadén Mining District exploited the largest mercury...declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco. The Almadén District has yielded excellent cinnabar specimens
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Munha The AlmadeÂn mercury mining district, Spain Received: 23 October 1998 / Accepted: 4 January...de AlmadeÂn y Arrayanes S.A., AlmadeÂn (Ciudad Real), Spain M. JeÂbrak Universite du QueÂbec aÁ MontreÂal...MontreÂal, DeÂpartement des Sciences de la Terre, CP 8888, suc. Centre Ville, MontreÂal (QUE) H3C 3P8, Canada... Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Plaza M. Meca 1, 13400 AlmadeÂn, Spain E-mail: phiguera@igem-al.uclm...GeoloÂgicas, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain D. Morata Departamento de Geologõ a, Facultad de
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mercury mineralization in the Almaden district, Spain Cris M. Hall aT*, Pablo L. Higueras b, Stephen E...y Minera, Unioersidad de Castiiia-La Mancha, 13400 Altmd.&. Spain ’ Departamento de Cristalografa y Mineralogia...traditional laser “Ar/ “Ar dating performed on illite concentrates and Cr-rich micas that are intimately...mineraiization in both Devonian and Silurian host rocks. Illite is associated with a later stage of Hg mineralization...carbonates and Cr-mica. The dating results from illite separates suggest that the later stages of Hg mineralization
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Nuevo Entredicho deposit, Almadén district, Spain Received: 5 September 2001 / Accepted: 12 September...Québec à Montréal, Département des Sciences de la Terre, C.P.8888, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal (Qc)...Castilla La Mancha, Dept Ingenieria Geologica y Minera, 13400 Almadén, Ciudad Real, Spain É. Marcoux...Cerco de San Teodoro s/n, 13400 Almadén (Ciudad Real), Spain isotopic compositions differ from those measured...igneous rockhosted deposit commenced in 1986 at Las Cuevas (Fig. 1). The ore has since been interpreted
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
competed with the mines in Idrija (Slovenia) and Almadén (Spain) in the 16th century. The production of mercury...mercury production in the mines of Idrija and Almadén at that time. In addition to Venice, the mercury...processes (e.g. the two largest mercury deposits – Almadén in Spain and Idrija in Slovenia; Saupé 1990; Jébrak...replacement of serpentinite bodies (< 5.3 Ma in age; New Almadén and New Idria in California, USA; e.g. Studemeister...the production of the mercury mines in Idrija or Almadén at that time (Klier 1969). In fact, in 1525 to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas, Pabellón II, Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina. c Instituto...setting, such as Se-rich polymetallic deposits, Almadén type Hg deposits, U-Ni-Co-As-Ag polymetallic deposits...included within such model, as is the case of the Las Termas deposit in Argentina. This deposit, which...Pampia terranes). 2.1.6. Almadén-type Hg deposits The cinnabar from Almadén deposit is likely to have...pyrophyllite-kaolinite-illite-quartz assemblage and distal (quartz)-illite-chlorite- (pyrophyllite)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Almad(n Mercury Deposit, Province of Ciudad Real, Spain* FRANCIS SAUPI• Centrede Recherches Pdtrographiques... the district. Outside of the district no other mine is similar to Almad(•n. almost continuousoperation...havinga gentleAppalachian-type relief (Fig. 2). The mine has been owned for centuries by the Almad(•n is...thismetal.It is alsoone of the few mines tredicho and Las Minetasnow formingthe E1Entrein the world, if not...regionaldistribution withina given CRPG). Four pure illite fractionscould be isolated horizon(M. Teichmiiller
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, Mexico Centro de...Posgrado en Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510...04510 Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, Mexico; aguilar.ce.fe@gmail.com (C.F.A.-R.); edithfuentesg@gmail.com (E...shallow retrograde skarn model. The Cuatro Palmas and Las Alicias fluorite deposits consist of MVT-like deposits...equivalent; the sole exception to the above is the La Fácil deposit, with salinities that range between
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
du Québec à Montréal, Département des Sciences de la Terre, C.P. 8888, succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec...of a pluton-hosted lode gold deposit. The Silidor mine contained 2.95 million tons (Mt; mined and estimated...out on the Powell tonalitic sill in the Silidor mine area to reconstruct the deformation before, during...tonalitic plutons (77 t; Carrier, 1994). The Silidor mine was discovered in 1985 by Noranda Exploration, as...Kinojevis Group 48o30' DPFZ Central Noranda Camp Mine Series 48o30' Blake River Group Ke wa ga 48o15'
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Phosphates from the Gavà Neolithic Mines (Catalonia, Spain): Origin and Archaeological Significance Yael Díaz-Acha...Naturals de Barcelona, Parc de la Ciutadella s/n, 08003 Barcelona, Spain; mcampenyc@bcn.cat Departament...(UAB), Edifici C, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain; lluis.casas@uab.cat Institut Català d’Arqueologia...Clàssica (ICAC), Plaça d’en Rovellat, 43003 Tarragona, Spain; rdifebo@icac.cat Geosciences Barcelona (GEO3BCN)...(CSIC), Lluís Solé i Sabarís s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; jibanez@geo3bcn.csic.es Centres Científics i Tecnològics
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fine-grained fluorapatite with minor quartz and illite are contained within chert. The chert is jected...composed of m associated minerals are quartz, illite, and minor wavellite. Planerite coats fracture...velvety planerite, X-ray iron hydroxide, quartz, illite, and minor wavel lite. Very minute radial aggregates...turquoise-planerite series mineral from the Fubasami Clay mine Tochigi Prefecture, Japan (Matsubara and Kato, 1987)...Messbach-type variscite . Palazuelo de las Cuevas, Zamora, Spain. Cu/Ni radiation . Diffractometer method
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 México, D.F., Mexico d Geologia...Catalonia, Spain g Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria...such as La Sabina and El Tule in Coahuila and Las Cuevas in San Luis Potosí; celestine, such as La Tinaja...barite, such as La Paila, and Mayran in Coahuila and La Huicha in Nuevo Leon (Clark and De la Fuente, 1978;...in Coahuila, and El Coyote and Las Vigas in Chihuahua, (Clark and De la Fuente, 1978); and 4) U deposits
Report (issue)
A fluorite specimen from the Number 1 (Minerva) Mine, Cave-in-Rock subdistrict, Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar...............................................G31 Mine Waste Characteristics.........................................................................G36 Mine Closure...........................................a fluorite specimen from the Number 1 (Minerva) Mine, Cave-in-Rock subdistrict, Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar...carbonate-hosted mineral district in north-central Spain................................................
Book
de Geologia Universidad de Oviedo 33005 Oviedo, Spain GARCIA ISBN-13 :978-3-642-83982-5 e-ISBN-13 :978-3-642-83980-1...Circum-Atlantic Paleozoic Orogens) in Sept. 1986 in Oviedo, Spain. 1. Geology, Stratigraphic-Precambrian-Congresses...Stratigraphic-Paleozoic-Congresses. 3. Geology-Spain-Congresses. 4. Geology-Portugal-Congresses. I. Dallmeyer...international conference in September 1986, in Oviedo, Spain. The conference focused on the geologic evolution...Peninsula (Fig. 1). Other exposures include the Sierra de la Demanda, Iberian Ranges, Basque Massifs, the axial
Report (chapter)
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabell6n 2, 1° Piso, 1428 Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina...@gl.fcen, uba.ar) 2M&p Systems, Mir6 525, 1428 Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina Abstract: The Middle...study area is located on the SE part of the Sierra de la Vaca Muerta Anticline (Lambert 1956), close to the...unit, be they rather pure smectite or mixed layers illite-smectite with variable amounts of expandable layers...some specific levels is the dominant component. Illite and chlorite only appear as discrete mineral phases
Book
come not merely from one district but from a single mine. Thus the physical properties of many rocks and...eclipsing the mineral magnesite in some areas; the trona mine rather than the Solvay plant is now the main source...chrysotile. One of these bodies is worked at the Advocate Mine near Baie Verte. The canoe-shaped body is contained...and mill no. 1 at Black Lake, Bell’s underground mine and mill at Thetford Mines, and Lac’s open pit and...Ltée. The second operation, the famous Jeffrey Mine, located at Asbestos some 100 miles east of Montreal
Report (issue)
for foreign countries, if a given name refers to a mine or deposit, a nearby location or administrative...names may be used to refer to a single deposit or mine. For large deposits or mineralized areas, a 3 single...is meant to identify the area, deposit, district, mine, or occurrence to which the geologic, economic,...Yacimientos no metaliferos y rocas de aplicacion de la region Patagonia-Comahue: Argentina Ministerio de...the Valdelacasa Anticline, central Iberian Zone, Spain, in Notholt, A.J.G., Sheldon, R.P., and Davidson
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
generally display slightly fractionated REE patterns (La/Yb = 1.4 to 14), with REE behavior given by a relatively...Bubú deposits and, in minor proportions, from the La Saida and F r a n c i s c o deposits (Fig. 1). At...Negros = CN, Bubú = BB, Francisco = FCO. La Saida = LS, La Estela = LE. Santa Maria = SM, San Basilio...Guillermo = SG, 31 de Julio = 31J, Ubaldina = UB. La Cabecita = LC, Carlos = CA, and El Pantanillo = EP);...minerals) is particularly abundant at the Estela Mine (Fig. 1). Stipanicic et al. (1982) pointed out that
Book (volume)
chapters: France and Luxembourg by J. Bouladon Spain by F. Vazquez Guzman Portugal by D. Thadeu Italy...Yugoslavia; and Southwest Europe embraces France, Spain, Portugal and Italy. Each volume has an introductory...Conclusion . Distribution in space Distribution in time Spain by F. V3.zquez Guzman. 69 71 71 73 73 Geology... Gold . Lead and zinc Cartagena district Linares-La Carolina-Santa Elena district. Cantabria district...Golpejas or Bellita mine Morille-Martinamor El Cubito El Trasqui16n. Santa Maria . La Parrilla • Sierra
Report (issue)
Mitigation of Geologic Hazards in Central America" Las traducciones para Ia Circular 1006, que fueron hechas...Geological Survey, contienen series errores que alteran las ideas de los autores, o hacen que el texto sea confuse...Discusi6n de Grupo fue en ingles El idioma original de las conclusiones fue en ingles Translations for Circular...Desarrollo lnternacional Un taller concerniente a las necesidades y oportunidades para el desarrollo de...Assessment for Central America, by Wendell A. Duffield ll3 La Evaluacion de Recursos Geotermicos en Centroamerica
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Geología), M e ED Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain f Abstract CE *Corresponding author...MANUSCRIPT Apacheta, Cerro La Quebrada, Cordón Inacaliri, Juriques, Licancabur, La Poruña, La Poruñita, Paniri...Chela-Palpana-Cerro CR IP T Carcote; San Pedro-La Poruña; Fig. 2). US 3. Analytical methods To fully...is high (> 40 vol%) in scoria samples from La Poruña, La Poruñita and San Pedro. Three Pliocene samples...fine-grained hydrothermal alteration minerals (e.g. illite, anhydrite, K-rich clays). Secondary quartz was
Report (issue)
Mexicana in the following issues of the Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, Volumen Conmemorativo...Tectónicas de México, and no. 2, Aspectos Históricos de la Geología en México, edited by Susana A. Álaniz-Alvarez...F. Nieto-Samaniego; and no. 3, Temas Selectos de la Geología Mexicana, edited by Ángel F. Nieto-Samaniego...Hermosillo E Chihuahua A. S. U. ico ex M E W Fig. 4 E La Paz W Durango Mazatlán E Pacific plate 20° ...Cretaceous-Paleocene intrusive rocks ? 100° W ? La Paz 20° N Durango Mazatlán ? ? ? 200 km ? ?
 
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