Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Delfina Mine (Alda Mine; Minona), Hoyos De Alda, Ortiguero, Prado, Cabrales, Asturias, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 155672
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155672.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Delfina Mine (Alda Mine; Minona), Hoyos De Alda, Ortiguero, Prado, Cabrales, Asturias, Spain": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°19'18"N
Longitude: 4°55'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.321666666667,-4.9175

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Adelite	Allophane	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Digenite	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Quartz	Tetrahedrite	Tyrolite

Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pharmacolite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sabelliite ()*	Talnakhite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Theisite ()*	Tyrolite ()*

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: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O P S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O P S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Calcite Chalcopyrite Covellite Digenite Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group
Quartz Tetrahedrite Tyrolite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	363
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Pharmacolite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(AsO₃OH)·2H₂O	105
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	369
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sabelliite ()*	None	Cu₂Zn(AsO₄)(OH)₃	6
Talnakhite ()*	Chalcopyrite	Cu₉Fe₈S₁₆	35
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Theisite ()*	None	Cu₅Zn₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₁₄	58
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	245

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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