Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
La Providencia Mines, Andara Mining District, Cillorigo De Liébana, Cantabria, Spain

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

mindat Locality ID: 226736
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-226736.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Providencia Mines, Andara Mining District, Cillorigo De Liébana, Cantabria, Spain": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Abundantisima Claim
Enclavada Claim
Nosotros Claim
Optisima Claim
Segura Claim

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Calcite	Diaspore	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	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: 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:
Calcite Diaspore Malachite None Not in a structural group Rocksalt Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Aurichalcite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Malachite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	299	252	2	109090,109091	919
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	299	252	2	109089,109091	27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	299	252	2	109089,109090	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	299	252	2	109089,109091	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	299	252	3	109089,109090,109091	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	299	252	1	109090	7437
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	299	252	2	109089,109090	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	299	252	3	109089,109090,109091	1066
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	299	252	2	109090,109091	12537
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	299	252	2	109089,109090	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	299	252	3	109089,109090,109091	21482

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00413	299	252	Permian							Yes				3132	Picos De Europa Mts, Asturias, Spain	Picos de Europa	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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