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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

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 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: 
AdeliteAllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteCovelliteDigeniteGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
QuartzTetrahedriteTyrolite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sabelliite  (*)Talnakhite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Theisite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61108555919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211085555509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411085555516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110855527770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11085555707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110855527198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11085553531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)1108555363
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11085554165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11085552970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S11085551027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211085559895
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2110855512537
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O1108555105
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)41108555369
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110855561156
Sabelliite  (*)NoneCu2Zn(AsO4)(OH)311085556
Talnakhite  (*)ChalcopyriteCu9Fe8S16110855535
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311085551803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311085555317
Theisite  (*)NoneCu5Zn5(AsO4)2(OH)14110855558
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O1108555245



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