Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

mindat Locality ID: 46184
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46184.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Valdarcas Mine, Covas, Vila Nova De Cerveira, Viana Do Castelo, Portugal": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°52'9"N
Longitude: 8°42'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.869166666667,-8.7052777777778

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.

Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Covellite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Garnet
Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rutile	Scheelite	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite
Vivianite

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Goethite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Vivianite ()*

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 Na O P S Si Sn W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Sn W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Covellite Diaspore Feldspar Garnet
Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Rutile Scheelite Tourmaline Vesuvianite
Vivianite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	551
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1395
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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