Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Basque Country, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 24362
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24362.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Basque Country, Spain": 114
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 64

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Álava
Guipúzcoa (Gipuzkoa)
Vizcaya

Latitude: 43°2'23"N
Longitude: 2°44'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.039722222222,-2.7455555555556

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Aragonite	Arcanite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite	Natrolite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Wurtzite

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: Ag Al B Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo N Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Arcanite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Diaspore Epidote Fluorite Gadolinite Gypsum Malachite Marcasite Natrolite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Olivine Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Titanite Wurtzite

56 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arcanite ()*	Augite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Datolite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Freibergite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gwihabaite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Niter ()*	Nitratine ()*	Nitrocalcite ()*	Nitromagnesite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			3	108807,108823,108825	3419
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	108869	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			4	108807,108815,108820,108825	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	145	100	4	108840,108860,108868,108896	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			6	108794,108797,108807,108812,108820,108900	3250
Arcanite ()*	Arcanite	K₂(SO₄)			1	108900	30
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	108807	2060
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	145	100	3	108831,108840,108861	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			3	108805,108831,108868	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	145	100	5	108829,108840,108843,108851,108896	11547
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			2	108829,108843	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	100	32	108794,108795,108797,108799,108803,108807,108809,108811,108818,108820,108829,108835,108836,108837,108839,108840,108843,108851,108855,108857,108860,108868,108869,108870,108873,108876,108878,108884,108886,108896,108899,108900	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			1	108878	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			2	108897,108899	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	100	12	108803,108805,108807,108829,108831,108836,108840,108843,108851,108865,108868,108873	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			2	108805,108868	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	108805	2970
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)			2	108877,108878	498
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂			2	108805,108868	144
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	108807	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	145	100	9	108794,108803,108836,108840,108851,108854,108857,108870,108896	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			3	108807,108823,108825	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			5	108835,108843,108884,108896,108899	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	108878	1188
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂			1	108843	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	100	11	108795,108803,108829,108831,108836,108840,108843,108851,108889,108896,108899	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			14	108805,108851,108856,108857,108860,108866,108868,108880,108881,108889,108890,108892,108893,108902	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS			1	108899	717
Gwihabaite ()*	None	(NH₄)(NO₃)			1	108900	10
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			7	108801,108803,108807,108810,108815,108820,108825	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			2	108801,108884	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			6	108807,108812,108825,108865,108868,108878	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			5	108831,108861,108863,108886,108897	1689
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	108900	341
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			3	108831,108887,108895	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	108807	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			1	108878	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			3	108807,108812,108825	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	145	100	7	108805,108831,108839,108840,108851,108865,108868	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	145	100	4	108803,108829,108840,108843	5674
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			1	108807	1236
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)			1	108900	181
Nitratine ()*	Calcite	Na(NO₃)			1	108900	91
Nitrocalcite ()*	None	Ca(NO₃)₂·4H₂O			1	108900	46
Nitromagnesite ()*	None	Mg(NO₃)₂·6H₂O			1	108900	12
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	108807,108812,108878	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	100	13	108803,108807,108829,108836,108840,108843,108855,108860,108868,108869,108889,108890,108896	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	145	100	2	108840,108843	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	100	24	108794,108801,108803,108806,108807,108809,108810,108811,108820,108825,108827,108829,108833,108836,108837,108840,108843,108851,108858,108860,108868,108869,108878,108896	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	108807	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	145	100	18	108803,108840,108843,108851,108855,108856,108857,108858,108860,108866,108868,108870,108880,108881,108889,108890,108892,108893	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			6	108831,108836,108861,108889,108895,108899	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	100	14	108803,108829,108831,108836,108840,108843,108851,108854,108871,108873,108884,108889,108896,108899	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	145	100	2	108829,108840	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			2	108807,108878	4899
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			1	108831	1655

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedexmvt-00212	145	100	Early Cretaceous		host rock age									3131	Troya Mine, Mutiloa, Guipúzcoa (Gipuzkoa), Basque Country, Spain	Troya	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
	sedznpb-00415	126	113	Early Cretaceous (Aptian)											3131	Troya Mine, Mutiloa, Guipúzcoa (Gipuzkoa), Basque Country, Spain	Troya	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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