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Mieres, Asturias, Spaini
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MieresMunicipality
AsturiasAutonomous Community
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View of the Mieres metallurgical area, ca. 1920.

Mieres, Asturias, Spain
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Mieres44,070 (2018)
Mindat Locality ID:
288602
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:288602:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Mieres, Asturies, Espagne
German:
Mieres, Asturien, Spanien
Italian:
Mieres, Asturie, Spagna
Russian:
Мьерес, Астурия, Испания
Simplified Chinese:
米耶雷斯, 阿斯图里亚斯, 西班牙
Spanish:
Mieres, Asturias, España
Albanian:
Mieres, Asturia, Spanja
Arabic:
مييريس , منطقة أستورياس, إسبانيا
Aragonese:
Mieres, Prencipato d'Asturias, Espanya
Asturian:
Mieres, Principáu d'Asturies, España
Basque:
Mieres, Asturiasko Printzerria, Espainia
Catalan:
Mieres, Astúries, Espanya
Cebuano:
Mieres , Principality of Asturias, Espanya
Danish:
Mieres, Asturien, Spanien
Dutch:
Mieres, Asturië, Spanje
Esperanto:
Mieres, Asturio, Hispanio
Faroese:
Mieres, Spania
Farsi/Persian:
میرس، آستوریاس, آستوریاس, اسپانیا
Galician:
Mieres, Principado de Asturias, España
Greek:
Μιέρες, Αστούριες, Ισπανία
Greenlandic:
Mieres, Spania
Hungarian:
Mieres, Asztúria, Spanyolország
Interlingua:
Mieres, Principato de Asturias, Espania
Japanese:
ミエレス, アストゥリアス州, スペイン
Lithuanian:
Mjeresas, Astūrija, Ispanija
Malagasy:
Mieres, Espaina
Malay:
Mieres, Asturias, Sepanyol
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Mieres, Se-pan-gâ
Norwegian:
Mieres, Asturias, Spania
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Mieres, Asturias, Spania
Occitan:
Mieres, Astúrias, Espanha
Polish:
Mieres, Asturia, Hiszpania
Portuguese:
Mieres , Astúrias, Espanha
Serbian:
Мијерес, Кнежевина Астурија, Шпанија
Serbo-Croatian:
Mieres, Asturija, Španija
South Azerbaijani:
میرس، آستوریاس, آستوریاس, ایسپانیا
Swedish:
Mieres , Asturien, Spanien
Traditional Chinese:
米耶雷斯, 阿斯圖里亞斯, 西班牙
Turkish:
Mieres, Asturias, İspanya
Ukrainian:
М'єрес, Астурія, Іспанія
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Mieres, Asturiya, Ispaniya
Vietnamese:
Mieres, Asturias, Tây Ban Nha
Waray:
Mieres, Principado de Asturias, Espanya
Welsh:
Mieres, Asturias, Sbaen


Mieres is a municipality of Asturias, northern Spain. The municipality of Mieres is made up of the capital, Mieres del Camino and the villages of Baíña, Figaredo, Cenera, Loredo, La Peña, La Rebollada, Santullano, Santa Rosa, Seana, Ujo, Urbiés, Valdecuna, Santa Cruz, Ablaña, Turón, Gallegos, Bustiello.

Mieres is the heart of the coal mining industry in Spain. The topography of Mieres is mountainous with the greatest population centres being located in the valley along the banks of the Caudal River (Río Caudal) valley in the centre of Asturias. Before the Spanish Industrial Restructuring Mieres was one of the industrial backbones of Asturias and hosted 70,000 inhabitants in the 1960s. Today Mieres shelters a campus of the University of Oviedo and different museums about the industrial heritage.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

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9 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
ⓘ Cinnabar
Formula: HgS
ⓘ Galena
Formula: PbS
ⓘ Marcasite
Formula: FeS2
ⓘ Native Mercury
Formula: Hg
ⓘ Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
ⓘ Stibnite
Formula: Sb2S3

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Mercury1.AD.05Hg
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘSphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
ⓘGalena2.CD.10PbS
ⓘCinnabar2.CD.15aHgS
ⓘStibnite2.DB.05Sb2S3
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
ⓘMarcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘCalcite5.AB.05CaCO3

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
Cⓘ CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
Oⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
Sⓘ CinnabarHgS
Sⓘ GalenaPbS
Sⓘ MarcasiteFeS2
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
Sⓘ SphaleriteZnS
Sⓘ StibniteSb2S3
CaCalcium
Caⓘ CalciteCaCO3
FeIron
Feⓘ MarcasiteFeS2
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
ZnZinc
Znⓘ SphaleriteZnS
SbAntimony
Sbⓘ StibniteSb2S3
HgMercury
Hgⓘ CinnabarHgS
Hgⓘ Native MercuryHg
PbLead
Pbⓘ GalenaPbS

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mieres
Wikidata ID:Q818376
GeoNames ID:6359940

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