Baelo-Claudia San Bartolomé quarry, Tarifa, Cádiz, Andalusia, Spaini
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Baelo-Claudia San Bartolomé quarry | Quarry (Inactive) |
| Tarifa | Municipality |
| Cádiz | Province |
| Andalusia | Autonomous Community |
| Spain | Group of Countries |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
36° 4' 26'' North , 5° 43' 37'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Quarry (Inactive) - last checked 2018
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tarifa | 17,793 (2012) | 12.7km |
| Zahara de los Atunes | 1,307 (2015) | 12.8km |
| Barbate | 22,912 (2017) | 21.9km |
| Los Barrios | 22,311 (2018) | 24.4km |
| Algeciras | 116,209 (2016) | 25.7km |
Mindat Locality ID:
242144
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:242144:8
GUID (UUID V4):
af54a4e2-532e-4650-94ba-989e577470c7
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Cantera romana de San Bartolomé, Cantera romana de San Bartolo
Name(s) in local language(s):
Cantera Baelo-Claudia San Bartolomé, Tarifa, Cádiz, Andalucía, España
Old Roman quarry exploited during the first century to build the 5.7 Km long aqueduct from Punta Paloma wellspring to the old Roman village of Baelo Claudia in Bolonia Bay, Tarifa municipality, Cadiz province, Andalusia.
Near the main quarry, located at top of the hillside, there are some minor quarrys at lower level exploiting smaller outcrops of the same rock: a bioclastic, conglomeratic, calcareous sandstone of Pleistocene/Pliocene age.
The quarries supplied carved sandstone elongated blocks with U section for aqueduct gutters, square formats for structural building, cylindrical blocks for columns, and the essential calcite to make lime mortar used for joints and interior watertight coating of the channel.
Karstic calcite (crystallized at atmospheric pressure and T <60º) is found filling some collapsed clefts and occasionally in vugs lined by well terminated crystals up to 10 cm. This calcite is very fluorescent under LW UV.
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1 valid mineral.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramList of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
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