Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Prado, Cabrales, Asturias, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 228377
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228377.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Prado, Cabrales, Asturias, Spain": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ortiguero

Latitude: 43°19'18"N
Longitude: 4°55'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.321666666667,-4.9175

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Digenite	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Quartz	Tetrahedrite	Tyrolite

Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pharmacolite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sabelliite ()*	Talnakhite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Theisite ()*	Tyrolite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O P S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Calcite Chalcopyrite Covellite Digenite Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group
Quartz Tetrahedrite Tyrolite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	108555	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	108555	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	108555	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	108555	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	108555	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	108555	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	108555	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	108555	363
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	108555	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	108555	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	108555	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	108555	9895
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	108555	12537
Pharmacolite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(AsO₃OH)·2H₂O	1	108555	105
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	108555	369
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	108555	61156
Sabelliite ()*	None	Cu₂Zn(AsO₄)(OH)₃	1	108555	6
Talnakhite ()*	Chalcopyrite	Cu₉Fe₈S₁₆	1	108555	35
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	108555	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	108555	5317
Theisite ()*	None	Cu₅Zn₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₁₄	1	108555	58
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	1	108555	245

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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