Solita Mine, Peramea, Baix Pallars, Pallars Sobirà, Lleida, Catalonia, Spaini
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Solita Mine | Mine |
| Peramea | - not defined - |
| Baix Pallars | Municipality |
| Pallars Sobirà | County |
| Lleida | Province |
| Catalonia | Autonomous Community |
| Spain | Group of Countries |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
42° 19' 55'' North , 1° 2' 54'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sort | 2,073 (2012) | 11.2km |
| Rialp | 276 (2010) | 14.3km |
| Abella de la Conca | 190 (2012) | 19.3km |
| Talarn | 333 (2010) | 20.3km |
| Tremp | 5,639 (2012) | 22.3km |
Mindat Locality ID:
49988
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:49988:1
GUID (UUID V4):
f73550b5-ea42-4a48-9fa0-611643dabf70
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Mina Solita, Peramea, Baix Pallars, Pallars Sobirà, Lleida, Catalunya
Name(s) in local language(s):
Mina Solita, Peramea
Small abandoned mine (42° 19' 56.78" N, 1° 2' 55.69" E). The mineralization consists on Permian-Triassic conglomerates with Co-Ni disseminations, in an unconformity on Carboniferous black slates with coal beds.
The Solita Mine was a small mining operation of little importance were it not that is known worldwide for its magnificent specimens of Co-bearing calcite/aragonite in coral-shaped aggregates and also forming beautifully banded aggregates ("Onyx") intensely colored pink and green.
The primary mineralization consists of impregnation and small masses scattered among basal Buntsandstein conglomerates (Trias) of Ni-Co sulfarsenites (mainly gersdorffite-cobaltite-Co-bearing pyrite), with a second phase poorer in Ni-Co in which tennantite-pyrite are are deposited.
Subsequently, a series of alteration minerals were formed, such as oxides (heterogenite), arsenates (erythrite), as well as the calcite and aragonite.
The genesis of this deposit is related to the mechanical contact (tectonic) of Buntsandstein conglomerates with black shales of Silurian age.
It should be noted that once the actual mining work ceased, extraction of Co-bearing calcite was started by the great collector Joaquim Folch.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Annabergite Formula: Ni3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O |
| ⓘ Aragonite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Azurite Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Bassetite Formula: Fe2+(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10H2O |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ✪ Calcite var. Cobalt-bearing Calcite Formula: (Ca,Co)CO3 Habit: Mostly botyoidal Colour: pink, in some specimens very intense Description: Very nice specimens, some world.classs for this variety. |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ Cobaltite Formula: CoAsS |
| ⓘ Erythrite Formula: Co3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O |
| ⓘ Gersdorffite Formula: NiAsS |
| ⓘ Goethite Formula: α-Fe3+O(OH) |
| ⓘ Graphite Formula: C |
| ⓘ Gypsum Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ Heterogenite Formula: Co3+O(OH) |
| ⓘ Jarosite Formula: KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Pharmacolite Formula: Ca(HAsO4) · 2H2O |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ 'Tennantite Subgroup' Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)As4S12S |
| ⓘ 'Zeiringite' References: |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Graphite | 1.CB.05a | C |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Cobaltite | 2.EB.25 | CoAsS |
| ⓘ | Gersdorffite | 2.EB.25 | NiAsS |
| ⓘ | 'Tennantite Subgroup' | 2.GB.05 | Cu6(Cu4C2+2)As4S12S |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Goethite | 4.00. | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Heterogenite | 4.FE.20 | Co3+O(OH) |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite var. Cobalt-bearing Calcite | 5.AB.05 | (Ca,Co)CO3 |
| ⓘ | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 | |
| ⓘ | Aragonite | 5.AB.15 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Azurite | 5.BA.05 | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Jarosite | 7.BC.10 | KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| ⓘ | Gypsum | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Annabergite | 8.CE.40 | Ni3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O |
| ⓘ | Erythrite | 8.CE.40 | Co3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O |
| ⓘ | Pharmacolite | 8.CJ.50 | Ca(HAsO4) · 2H2O |
| ⓘ | Bassetite | 8.EB.10 | Fe2+(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10H2O |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Zeiringite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Annabergite | Ni3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O |
| H | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Bassetite | Fe2+(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10H2O |
| H | ⓘ Erythrite | Co3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O |
| H | ⓘ Goethite | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
| H | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| H | ⓘ Heterogenite | Co3+O(OH) |
| H | ⓘ Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Pharmacolite | Ca(HAsO4) · 2H2O |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Calcite var. Cobalt-bearing Calcite | (Ca,Co)CO3 |
| C | ⓘ Graphite | C |
| C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Annabergite | Ni3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O |
| O | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Bassetite | Fe2+(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10H2O |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite var. Cobalt-bearing Calcite | (Ca,Co)CO3 |
| O | ⓘ Erythrite | Co3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O |
| O | ⓘ Goethite | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Heterogenite | Co3+O(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Pharmacolite | Ca(HAsO4) · 2H2O |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | ⓘ Bassetite | Fe2+(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10H2O |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Cobaltite | CoAsS |
| S | ⓘ Gersdorffite | NiAsS |
| S | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| S | ⓘ Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Tennantite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)As4S12S |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite var. Cobalt-bearing Calcite | (Ca,Co)CO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Ca | ⓘ Pharmacolite | Ca(HAsO4) · 2H2O |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Bassetite | Fe2+(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10H2O |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Goethite | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Co | Cobalt | |
| Co | ⓘ Cobaltite | CoAsS |
| Co | ⓘ Calcite var. Cobalt-bearing Calcite | (Ca,Co)CO3 |
| Co | ⓘ Erythrite | Co3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O |
| Co | ⓘ Heterogenite | Co3+O(OH) |
| Ni | Nickel | |
| Ni | ⓘ Annabergite | Ni3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O |
| Ni | ⓘ Gersdorffite | NiAsS |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Tennantite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)As4S12S |
| As | Arsenic | |
| As | ⓘ Annabergite | Ni3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O |
| As | ⓘ Cobaltite | CoAsS |
| As | ⓘ Erythrite | Co3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O |
| As | ⓘ Gersdorffite | NiAsS |
| As | ⓘ Pharmacolite | Ca(HAsO4) · 2H2O |
| As | ⓘ Tennantite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)As4S12S |
| U | Uranium | |
| U | ⓘ Bassetite | Fe2+(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10H2O |
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