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Locality Name:
Covas, Vila Nova De Cerveira, Viana Do Castelo, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 50862
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50862.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Covas, Vila Nova De Cerveira, Viana Do Castelo, Portugal": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Aplito-pegmatitic Area
Cabeço Do Meio-Dia Mine
Fervença Mine
Fraga Mine
Lapa Grande Mine
Serra De Covas - Chãos E Penedo Do Outão Mines
Valdarcas Mine

Latitude: 41°52'21"N
Longitude: 8°42'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.8725,-8.7036111111111

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCorundumCovellite
DiasporeEpidoteFeldsparGarnetMarcasiteMicaNickelineNonePyritePyroxene
QuartzRockbridgeiteRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStrunziteTourmalineVesuvianiteVivianite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Goethite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Hematite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strengite  (*)Strunzite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11003298803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)32100323,1003292353
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS4100325,100326,100327,1003299052
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O1100323280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110032927770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22100328,1003295171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23100325,100326,10032927198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11003294165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611003294135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)4100324,100325,100326,100329551
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2100323,1003292740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3100323,100324,1003297437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3110032414640
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211003295674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23100325,100326,10032917380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25100323,100324,100326,100327,10032939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82100325,1003299056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25100323,100325,100326,100327,10032861156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)51100323206
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)5100324,100325,100326,100327,1003294894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)3100323,100324,1003292705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11003291153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11003296417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3100325,100326,10032721482
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O1100323263
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O110032398
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)102100324,1003291395
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O1100329636



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