Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Herrerías, Cantabria, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 249507
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249507.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Herrerías, Cantabria, Spain": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cabanzón
Celis
El Soplao Outcrop

Latitude: 43°18'11"N
Longitude: 4°25'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.303055555556,-4.4327777777778

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 Fe H Hg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Galena ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	109116	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	109116	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	109116	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	109118	2600
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	109116	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	109118	1689
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	109119	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	109116,109118	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	109116	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	109116,109118	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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