Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vizcaya, Basque Country, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 105668
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105668.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vizcaya, Basque Country, Spain": 50
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Abanto Y Ciervana (Abanto Zierbena)
Alonsotegi
Arcentales
Arrigorriaga
Bilbao
Dima
Errigoiti
Galdames
Gautegiz Arteaga
Lanestosa (La Nestosa)
Muskiz (San Julián De Musques)
Sopuerta
Valle De Carranza
Valle De Trápaga (Trapagaran)

Latitude: 43°16'3"N
Longitude: 3°7'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.2675,-3.1186111111111

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	Aragonite	Arcanite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite
Gadolinite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Titanite	Wurtzite

Analcime ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arcanite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Datolite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*
Gwihabaite ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Malachite ()*	Niter ()*	Nitratine ()*
Nitrocalcite ()*	Nitromagnesite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg N Na O Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Aragonite Arcanite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Diaspore Fluorite
Gadolinite Malachite None Not in a structural group Olivine Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Titanite Wurtzite

39 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	3	108860,108868,108896	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	108900	3250
Arcanite ()*	Arcanite	K₂(SO₄)	1	108900	30
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	108861	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	108868	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	108896	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	14	108855,108857,108860,108868,108869,108870,108873,108876,108878,108884,108886,108896,108899,108900	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	108878	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	108897,108899	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	108865,108868,108873	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	108868	3846
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	2	108877,108878	498
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	1	108868	144
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4	108854,108857,108870,108896	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	108884,108896,108899	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	108878	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	108889,108896,108899	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	12	108856,108857,108860,108866,108868,108880,108881,108889,108890,108892,108893,108902	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	108899	717
Gwihabaite ()*	None	(NH₄)(NO₃)	1	108900	10
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	108884	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	108865,108868,108878	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	4	108861,108863,108886,108897	1689
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	108900	341
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	2	108887,108895	1066
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	108878	1271
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	108865,108868	12537
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)	1	108900	181
Nitratine ()*	Calcite	Na(NO₃)	1	108900	91
Nitrocalcite ()*	None	Ca(NO₃)₂·4H₂O	1	108900	46
Nitromagnesite ()*	None	Mg(NO₃)₂·6H₂O	1	108900	12
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	108878	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	108855,108860,108868,108869,108889,108890,108896	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	108858,108860,108868,108869,108878,108896	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	14	108855,108856,108857,108858,108860,108866,108868,108870,108880,108881,108889,108890,108892,108893	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	4	108861,108889,108895,108899	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	7	108854,108871,108873,108884,108889,108896,108899	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	108878	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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