Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Sphalerite at Setúbal, Portugal

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 356Ma - 320Ma at this locality

Age range from children

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
vms-00736	356	356			S	204066	Lagoa Salgada Deposit, Grândola, Grândola, Setúbal, Portugal	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00737	320	320			S	46421	Lousal Mine, Azinheira Dos Barros E São Mamede Do Sádão, Grândola, Setúbal, Portugal	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034

Mineralization age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
vms-00736	356	356			S	204066	Lagoa Salgada Deposit, Grândola, Grândola, Setúbal, Portugal	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00737	320	320			S	46421	Lousal Mine, Azinheira Dos Barros E São Mamede Do Sádão, Grândola, Setúbal, Portugal	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00740	340	340			S	204949	Salgadinho Mine, Cercal, Santiago Do Cacém, Setúbal, Portugal	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034

Locality age (prioritized)

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Jen_0000390	356.9	355.5	Zircon			204066	Lagoa Salgada Deposit, Grândola, Grândola, Setúbal, Portugal	Barrie et al. (2002)	MD37_684
Jen_0000391	357.2	355.6	Zircon			204066	Lagoa Salgada Deposit, Grândola, Grândola, Setúbal, Portugal	Barrie et al. (2002)	MD37_684