Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Obdulia Vein, Caravia District, Caravia Mining Area, Asturias, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 231152
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231152.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Obdulia Vein, Caravia District, Caravia Mining Area, Asturias, Spain": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Carrales
Duyos

Latitude: 43°27'30"N
Longitude: 5°12'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.458333333333,-5.2041666666667

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	Fluorite	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 F Fe H Hg Mg O S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Fluorite Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

14 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)	1	108577	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	108577	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	108572,108573,108577	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	108572,108573,108577,108580	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	108573	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	108573	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	108573,108577	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	108572,108573,108577,108578	9617
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	108577	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	108572,108573	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	108573	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	108572,108573,108577	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	108573	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	108577	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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