Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cantabria, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 323
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5

mindat Locality ID: 23034
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23034.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cantabria, Spain": 114
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 66

Number of Child Localities: 26
Child Localities:
Alfoz De Lloredo
Cabuerniga
Camaleño
Camargo
Cartes
Castro Urdiales
Cillorigo De Liébana
Comillas
Hermandad De Campoo De Suso
Herrerías
Laredo
Medio Cudeyo
Miengo
Peñarrubia
Picos De Europa Mtn
Piélagos
Ramales De La Victoria
Reinosa
Reocín
Ribamontán Al Mar
Riotuerto
Santander
Sierra De Arnero
Torrelavega
Tresviso
Udías

Latitude: 43°19'2"N
Longitude: 4°9'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.317222222222,-4.1536111111111

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copiapite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Prehnite
Pseudobrookite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Römerite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel
Sulphur	Wurtzite	Zircon

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 Cd Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copiapite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Epsomite Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite
Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Prehnite
Pseudobrookite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Römerite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel
Sulphur Wurtzite Zircon

65 IMA Minerals at location:

Allophane ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Augite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*
Birnessite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcophanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copiapite ()*	Covellite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Edenite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*
Epsomite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Fraipontite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Phosphohedyphane ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Plattnerite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*
Römerite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Ulvöspinel ()*	Wurtzite ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O			1	109154	470
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	299	5	3	109077,109138,109154	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	66	5	1	109138	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			2	109145,109146	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	66	5	5	109138,109148,109149,109154,109161	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			2	109145,109146	2060
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	299	252	6	109077,109090,109091,109096,109130,109154	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	109130,109154	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			5	109116,109121,109148,109151,109154	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	109154	413
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O			1	109149	178
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	299	5	23	109059,109062,109064,109066,109069,109070,109072,109077,109089,109091,109094,109096,109116,109121,109130,109133,109138,109140,109148,109149,109151,109154,109161	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆			1	109154	359
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			2	109121,109140	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	299	5	7	109077,109106,109130,109138,109148,109154,109161	4979
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O			1	109154	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	299	252	6	109064,109113,109116,109146,109148,109154	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	299	252	9	109077,109089,109090,109096,109097,109105,109118,109130,109154	2600
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	66	5	1	109138	382
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	109154	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			2	109145,109146	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	299	5	21	109059,109062,109064,109066,109069,109070,109072,109077,109089,109091,109096,109097,109103,109121,109138,109143,109148,109149,109151,109154,109161	9895
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	109145	160
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			2	109145,109146	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	109124	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	66	5	1	109138	484
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			2	109145,109146	1188
Fraipontite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Zn,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄			1	109154	49
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	299	5	22	109059,109062,109064,109066,109072,109077,109089,109090,109091,109094,109096,109097,109103,109106,109109,109116,109130,109138,109148,109151,109154,109161	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	299	252	7	109066,109069,109070,109075,109077,109090,109149	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS			1	109143	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	66	5	7	109053,109072,109110,109121,109130,109135,109138	6890
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄			1	109149	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	66	5	4	109069,109070,109138,109146	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	299	5	17	109072,109077,109089,109090,109105,109118,109130,109138,109143,109148,109151,109154,109156,109161,109162,109163,109164	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	299	5	21	109059,109062,109065,109066,109072,109077,109089,109090,109091,109096,109097,109107,109109,109130,109138,109148,109151,109161,109162,109163,109164	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	109146	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	66	5	1	109138	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	109136	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	66	5	2	109138,109146	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	299	252	7	109066,109077,109090,109091,109113,109130,109154	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	66	5	5	109069,109070,109072,109138,109148	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	66	5	1	109138	915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	66	5	1	109138	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	109146	1512
Phosphohedyphane ()*	Apatite	Ca₂Pb₃(PO₄)₃Cl			1	109154	71
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆			2	109145,109146	303
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂			4	109130,109148,109151,109161	158
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	109124	1898
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅			1	109146	164
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	299	5	13	109055,109064,109069,109070,109072,109075,109119,109121,109138,109146,109148,109151,109154	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	109154	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	66	5	2	109138,109146	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	66	5	11	109053,109110,109113,109116,109118,109121,109124,109130,109135,109138,109154	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O			1	109149	177
Römerite ()*	Römerite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O	66	5	1	109138	115
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	109154	454
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	109146	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	109075	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	299	5	21	109059,109062,109066,109072,109077,109089,109090,109096,109097,109107,109109,109116,109130,109138,109148,109151,109154,109156,109161,109162,109164	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	299	5	27	109059,109060,109062,109064,109065,109066,109069,109070,109072,109077,109089,109090,109091,109096,109097,109103,109107,109116,109118,109138,109143,109144,109148,109151,109154,109161,109162	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	109121	2045
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄			1	109146	120
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	66	5	1	109138	372
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	109146	5251

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
sedznpb-00413	299	252	Permian			Yes	3132	Picos De Europa Mts, Asturias, Spain	Picos de Europa	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
sedexmvt-00210	323	299	Pennsylvanian		host rock age		132538	Picos De Europa Mtn, Cantabria, Spain	Picos de Europa	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedexmvt-00211	25	5	15±10 Ma (paleomagnetism)	paleomag			18701	Reocín Mine, Reocín, Cantabria, Spain	Reocin	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00414	66	56	Paleocene				18701	Reocín Mine, Reocín, Cantabria, Spain	Reocin	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R100145	Picos De Europa Mtn, Cantabria, Spain	https://rruff.info/R100145
R070266	Dolores Mine, Udías, Cantabria, Spain	https://rruff.info/R070266

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