Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sierra De Arnero, Cantabria, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 226738
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-226738.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sierra De Arnero, Cantabria, Spain": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

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

Latitude: 43°17'42"N
Longitude: 4°24'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.295,-4.4102777777778

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel

Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Birnessite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hausmannite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Plattnerite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Ranciéite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	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 Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Diaspore Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	109148,109149	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	109148,109151	11547
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	1	109149	178
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	109148,109149,109151	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	109148	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	109148	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	109148,109149,109151	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	109148,109151	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	109149	7437
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	109149	350
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2	109148,109151	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	2	109148,109151	1066
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	109148	5674
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	2	109148,109151	158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	109148,109151	39462
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	1	109149	177
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	109148,109151	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	109148,109151	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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