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Locality Name:
Torrelavega, Cantabria, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 222286
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-222286.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Torrelavega, Cantabria, Spain": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Viérnoles

Latitude: 43°18'15"N
Longitude: 4°3'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.304166666667,-4.0516666666667
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 As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mn O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteClayCovellite
MalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSerpentineSphalerite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Beudantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fraipontite  (*)Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Malachite  (*)Phosphohedyphane  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O1109154470
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11091542734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11091543250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61109154919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211091545509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)110915411547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61109154413
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110915427770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)61109154359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11091544979
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O1109154197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110915427198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS11091542600
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11091544165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211091549895
Fraipontite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4110915449
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS110915424243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11091541689
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2110915412537
Phosphohedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(PO4)3Cl110915471
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110915439462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11091541725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110915461156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)21109154454
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11091542473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS110915421482


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