Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Álava, Basque Country, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 204190
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204190.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Álava, Basque Country, Spain": 36
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Arraia-Maeztu
Arratzua-Ubarrundia
Iruña De Oca
Labastida
Legutiano (Villarreal De Álava)
Peñacerrada-Urizharra
Ribera Alta
Vitoria-Gasteiz
Zambrana
Zuia

Latitude: 42°46'0"N
Longitude: 2°49'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.766666666667,-2.8283333333333

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Gypsum
Malachite	Marcasite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Gypsum
Malachite Marcasite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Titanite

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	108807,108823,108825	3419
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	4	108807,108815,108820,108825	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	5	108794,108797,108807,108812,108820	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	108807	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	108805	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	10	108794,108795,108797,108799,108803,108807,108809,108811,108818,108820	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	108803,108805,108807	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	108805	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	108805	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	1	108805	144
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	108807	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	108794,108803	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	108807,108823,108825	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	108795,108803	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	108805	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	7	108801,108803,108807,108810,108815,108820,108825	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	108801	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	108807,108812,108825	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	108807	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	108807,108812,108825	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	108805	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	108803	5674
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	108807	1236
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	108807,108812	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	108803,108807	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	108794,108801,108803,108806,108807,108809,108810,108811,108820,108825	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	108807	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	108803	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	108803	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	108807	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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