Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Bilbao, Vizcaya, Basque Country, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 156282
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156282.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bilbao, Vizcaya, Basque Country, Spain": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Castrejana
Enekuri
Julia Mine
La Peña
Las Carreras
Malaespera Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Analcime	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Sphalerite

Analcime ()*	Ankerite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Delafossite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Diaspore Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Sphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	108869	1627
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	108868	3092
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	108868	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	108868,108869,108870,108873	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	108868,108873	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	108868	3846
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	1	108868	144
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	108870	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	108868	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	108868	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	108868	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	108868,108869	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	108868,108869	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	108868,108870	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	108871,108873	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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