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Locality Name:
Chão Do Castanheiro, Mesquitela, Mangualde, Viseu, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 54909
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54909.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chão Do Castanheiro, Mesquitela, Mangualde, Viseu, Portugal": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°35'12"N
Longitude: 7°45'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.586666666667,-7.7513888888889
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 Be Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Be Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na O P S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArseniosideriteArsenopyriteArthuriteBerauniteBerylChalcopyriteClayFairfielditeFeldspar
HureauliteJahnsiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneOlivinePharmacosideritePhosphosideritePyriteQuartz
RockbridgeiteTripliteVivianite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Beraunite  (*)Bermanite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Eleonorite  (*)Fairfieldite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Frondelite  (*)
Hureaulite  (*)Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)  (*)Lithiophilite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mitridatite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rittmannite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Strengite  (*)Triplite  (*)
Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O0136
Bermanite  (*)ArthuriteMn2+Mn3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O055
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Eleonorite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O051
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O072
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Frondelite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Mn2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5052
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O0125
Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)  (*)JahnsiteCaMn2+Mn2+2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O018
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)0155
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O0129
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O0428
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rittmannite  (*)Jahnsite(Mn2+,Ca)Mn2+(Fe2+,Mn2+,Mg)2(Al,Fe3+)2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O010
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)50206
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0263
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F0233
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636


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