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Locality Name:
Meixedo, Viana Do Castelo, Viana Do Castelo, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 226039
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-226039.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Meixedo, Viana Do Castelo, Viana Do Castelo, Portugal": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Alto Da Mina Mine
Balteiro No. 1 Mine
Balteiro No. 2 Mine
Bouça Da Água Mine
Calvelo Mine
Capela De Nossa Senhora Da Rocha Mine
Cocheiras Mine
Cruz Da Lenta Mine
Lugar Do Lagido Mine
Mata De Vila Mou Mine
Meixedo Mine
Meixedo No. 2 Mine
Pedras Brancas No. 2 Mine
Pinhais Mine
Silveireiro Mine
Vilela Mine
Vilela No. 2 Mine

Latitude: 41°45'36"N
Longitude: 8°42'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.76,-8.7030555555556
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: Al As B Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Na O P S Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca Fe H K Mn Na O P Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayDufréniteFeldsparHureauliteMicaNonePhosphosideritePyrite
QuartzReddingiteRockbridgeiteRutileSphaleriteTourmalineVivianite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Reddingite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Schorl  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3100294,100296,1002989052
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO217100291,100292,100293,100294,100295,100296,100297,100298,100299,100300,100301,100302,100303,100304,100305,100306,1003075171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110029427198
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O0139
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O0125
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23100294,100296,10029839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110029861156
Reddingite  (*)ReddingiteMn2+3(PO4)2·3H2O024
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)50206
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2100294,10029621482
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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