Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Andara Mining District, Cillorigo De Liébana, Cantabria, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 299
Youngest recorded age at locality: 252

mindat Locality ID: 13643
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13643.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Andara Mining District, Cillorigo De Liébana, Cantabria, Spain": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Aurelia Mine
Beatriz Mine
Carlota Mine
Cuesta Mine
Elena Mine
Emilio Mine
Esperanza Mine
Feliza Mine
Ines Mine
La Mejor Mine
La Providencia Mines
Las Vacas Claim (Canal De Las Vacas)
Mazarrasa Mines
Remon Mine
San Carlos Mine
Suerte Vista Mine
Última De Andara Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Diaspore	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Malachite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	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: C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Pb S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Diaspore Malachite None Not in a structural group Rocksalt Sphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	299	252	0		2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	299	252	3	109090,109091,109096	919
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	299	252	4	109089,109091,109094,109096	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	299	252	1	109106	4979
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	299	252	5	109089,109090,109096,109097,109105	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	299	252	5	109089,109091,109096,109097,109103	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	299	252	8	109089,109090,109091,109094,109096,109097,109103,109106	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	299	252	1	109090	7437
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	299	252	3	109089,109090,109105	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	299	252	6	109089,109090,109091,109096,109097,109107	1066
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	299	252	2	109090,109091	12537
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	299	252	5	109089,109090,109096,109097,109107	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	299	252	7	109089,109090,109091,109096,109097,109103,109107	21482

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00413	299	252	Permian							Yes				3132	Picos De Europa Mts, Asturias, Spain	Picos de Europa	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

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