Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Villanueva De Oscos, Asturias, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 303877
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-303877.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Villanueva De Oscos, Asturias, Spain": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Busdemouros

Latitude: 43°21'27"N
Longitude: 7°'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.3575,-7.0130555555556

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Dundasite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite
Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dundasite ()*
Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	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: Al C Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Dundasite Lepidocrocite Malachite
Marcasite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	108737	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	108737	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	108737	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	108737	4165
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	1	108737	97
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	108737	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	108737	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	108737	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	108737	14640
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	108737	581
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	108737	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	108737	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	108737	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	108737	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	108737	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	108737	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	108737	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	108737	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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