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Locality Name:
El Valle-Boinás Mine, Belmonte De Miranda, Asturias, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 311
Youngest recorded age at locality: 299

mindat Locality ID: 106025
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106025.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El Valle-Boinás Mine, Belmonte De Miranda, Asturias, Spain": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°16'59"N
Longitude: 6°18'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.283055555556,-6.3077777777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na O Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneArsenopyriteBaryteBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisite
CopperDiasporeEpidoteGarnetLepidocrociteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteSerpentineSpinelTetrahedriteVesuvianite
Wollastonite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beyerite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chapmanite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Likasite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Roxbyite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)331129901534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS31129909052
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)3112990161
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)311299011547
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)2311299096
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)311299027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S31129905707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2311299027198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)83112990577
Chapmanite  (*)NoneFe3+2Sb3+(Si2O5)O3(OH)311299031
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O31129903531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)43112990951
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)3112990363
Copper  (*)CopperCu31129903846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O31129902970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O631129904135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)31129908173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)31129907437
Gold  (*)CopperAu311299030554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)331129901544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O63112990741
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S143112990784
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)3112990581
Likasite  (*)NoneCu3(NO3)(OH)5·2H2O311299011
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4311299014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2311299012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS231129905800
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)231129902273
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)231129901898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2311299039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S831129909056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2311299061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)31129901711
Roxbyite  (*)NoneCu9S5311299027
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)31129906417
Silver  (*)CopperAg31129905186
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1331129905317
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1031129901395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO331129901247


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
DeepDive-Co-0003311299305K-Ar phlogopite   Phlogopite  106025El Valle-Boinás Mine, Belmonte De Miranda, Asturias, SpainEl Valle-Boinás copper-gold depositCepedal (2000)10.1016/S0375-6742(00)00149-7JGE71_119 

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