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Locality Name:
Piñeres, Peñarrubia, Cantabria, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 280615
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280615.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Piñeres, Peñarrubia, Cantabria, Spain": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hozarco Mine (Desfiladero De La Hermida)

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: C Ca Cu H Hg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteCalciteGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRocksaltRutile

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Plattnerite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61109130919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211091305509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110913027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11091304979
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS11091302600
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS110913024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11091306890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11091301689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)611091301066
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2110913012537
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO21109130158
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110913061156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11091302473



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