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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

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: 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: 
AnalcimeAragoniteArcaniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumDiasporeFluorite
GadoliniteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePrehnitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
TitaniteWurtzite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
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  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O11088691627
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)23108860,108868,1088963092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11089003250
Arcanite  (*)ArcaniteK2(SO4)110890030
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61108861919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211088685509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)110889611547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14108855,108857,108860,108868,108869,108870,108873,108876,108878,108884,108886,108896,108899,10890027770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)11088781252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2108897,1088994979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23108865,108868,10887327198
Copper  (*)CopperCu11088683846
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)2108877,108878498
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O21108868144
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)24108854,108857,108870,1088969895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23108884,108896,1088999617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11088781188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3108889,108896,10889924243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12108856,108857,108860,108866,108868,108880,108881,108889,108890,108892,108893,1089027437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1108899717
Gwihabaite  (*)None(NH4)(NO3)110890010
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl11088841398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33108865,108868,10887814640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O4108861,108863,108886,1088971689
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O1108900341
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)62108887,1088951066
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O11088781271
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22108865,10886812537
Niter  (*)NoneK(NO3)1108900181
Nitratine  (*)CalciteNa(NO3)110890091
Nitrocalcite  (*)NoneCa(NO3)2·4H2O110890046
Nitromagnesite  (*)NoneMg(NO3)2·6H2O110890012
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)211088781898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS27108855,108860,108868,108869,108889,108890,10889639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26108858,108860,108868,108869,108878,10889661156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)14108855,108856,108857,108858,108860,108866,108868,108870,108880,108881,108889,108890,108892,1088936417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)4108861,108889,108895,1088992473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS7108854,108871,108873,108884,108889,108896,10889921482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11088784899



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