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Locality Name:
Cillorigo De Liébana, Cantabria, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 299
Youngest recorded age at locality: 252

mindat Locality ID: 217538
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217538.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cillorigo De Liébana, Cantabria, Spain": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Andara Mining District

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteDiasporeMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupRocksaltSphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)29925211090772734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)62992524109077,109090,109091,109096919
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2992525109077,109089,109091,109094,10909627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2992522109077,1091064979
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS2992526109077,109089,109090,109096,109097,1091052600
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22992526109077,109089,109091,109096,109097,1091039895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2992529109077,109089,109090,109091,109094,109096,109097,109103,10910624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2992522109077,1090907437
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2992524109077,109089,109090,1091051689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)62992527109077,109089,109090,109091,109096,109097,1091071066
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22992523109077,109090,10909112537
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2992526109077,109089,109090,109096,109097,1091072473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2992528109077,109089,109090,109091,109096,109097,109103,10910721482


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-00413299252Permian     Yes  3132Picos De Europa Mts, Asturias, SpainPicos de EuropaSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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