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Locality Name:
Borralha Mines, Salto, Montalegre, Vila Real, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 46420
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46420.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Borralha Mines, Salto, Montalegre, Vila Real, Portugal": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°39'17"N
Longitude: 7°58'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.654722222222,-7.9786111111111
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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumCovellite
DiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTungstite
Zinkenite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Meymacite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Tungstite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
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)08803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)0716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Pyrochlore   2W2O6(H2O)057
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Meymacite  (*)NoneWO3·2H2O010
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS40668
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O0118
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S420228


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