Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Riosa, Asturias, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 256948
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256948.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Riosa, Asturias, Spain": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Teresita Mine (Aramo Mine; Texeu Mine)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Ag As Au C Ca Co Cu Fe Ge H Mg Ni O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAndalusiteCalciteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperCovelliteDigeniteGermaniteLöllingite
MalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedriteVivianite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Briartite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Renierite  (*)Safflorite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11086682793
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211086685509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411086685516
Briartite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeGeS4110866812
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110866827770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11086685707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110866827198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1108668966
Copper  (*)CopperCu11086683846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11086684165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11086682970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S11086681027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S161108668300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211086689895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O1108668814
Gold  (*)CopperAu110866830554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2110866812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211086685674
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)1108668492
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS1108668767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110866839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110866861156
Renierite  (*)Sphalerite Germanite(Cu1+,Zn)11Fe4(Ge4+,As5+)2S16110866837
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs21108668317
Silver  (*)CopperAg11086685186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS110866821482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311086681803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11086681101


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...