Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Siero, Asturias, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 131017
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131017.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Siero, Asturias, Spain": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
La Collada Mining Area

Latitude: 43°25'45"N
Longitude: 5°37'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.429166666667,-5.6208333333333

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
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: Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Fluorite Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	108697	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	108687,108689,108692,108694,108696,108697	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	108687,108690,108692,108696	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	108696	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	108692	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	8	108687,108688,108690,108692,108694,108696,108697,108698	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	108696,108697	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	108692,108697	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	108697	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	108687,108690,108692,108696	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	108687,108692,108694,108696,108697	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	108692,108696	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...