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Locality Name:
Belmonte De Miranda, Asturias, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 311
Youngest recorded age at locality: 299

mindat Locality ID: 285750
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285750.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Belmonte De Miranda, Asturias, Spain": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
El Valle-Boinás Mine
Villaverde

Latitude: 43°18'2"N
Longitude: 6°17'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.300555555556,-6.2919444444444
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 Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na O Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneArsenopyriteBaryteBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisite
CopperDiasporeEpidoteGarnetLepidocrociteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteSerpentineSpinelTetrahedriteVesuvianite
Wollastonite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beyerite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chapmanite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Likasite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Roxbyite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)331129911085321534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS31129911085329052
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)3112991108532161
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)311299110853211547
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)2311299110853296
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)311299110853227770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S31129911085325707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2311299110853227198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)83112991108532577
Chapmanite  (*)NoneFe3+2Sb3+(Si2O5)O3(OH)311299110853231
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O31129911085323531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)43112991108532951
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)3112991108532363
Copper  (*)CopperCu31129911085323846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O31129911085322970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O631129911085324135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)31129911085328173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)31129911085327437
Gold  (*)CopperAu3112992108532,10853330554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)331129911085321544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O63112991108532741
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S143112991108532784
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)3112991108532581
Likasite  (*)NoneCu3(NO3)(OH)5·2H2O311299110853211
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4311299110853214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2311299110853212537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS231129911085325800
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)231129911085322273
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)231129911085321898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2311299110853239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S831129911085329056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2311299110853261156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)31129911085321711
Roxbyite  (*)NoneCu9S5311299110853227
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)31129911085326417
Silver  (*)CopperAg31129911085325186
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1331129911085325317
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1031129911085321395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO331129911085321247


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
DeepDive-Co-0003311299305K-Ar phlogopite   Phlogopite  106025El Valle-Boinás Mine, Belmonte De Miranda, Asturias, SpainEl Valle-Boinás copper-gold depositCepedal (2000)10.1016/S0375-6742(00)00149-7JGE71_119 

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