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Locality Name:
Alto Das Quelhas Do Gestoso Mine, Gestoso, Manhouce, São Pedro Do Sul, Viseu, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 63190
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-63190.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alto Das Quelhas Do Gestoso Mine, Gestoso, Manhouce, São Pedro Do Sul, Viseu, Portugal": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lower Dumps
Upper Dumps

Latitude: 40°51'40"N
Longitude: 8°14'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.861111111111,-8.2416666666667
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: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mn O P Pb S Si Sn Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Cu Fe H O P Pb S Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteApatiteArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantiteCarminiteChalcopyriteClayColumbite
CovelliteDiasporeFluoriteLepidocrociteLinariteMalachiteMicaNatrochalciteNoneNot in a structural group
PharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSulphur

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Beudantite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mawbyite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Segnitite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stolzite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO211007432162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11007439052
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61100743413
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611007431633
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)22100742,100743178
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211007435171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110074327198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2100742,1007434165
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211007439617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2100742,10074324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11007437437
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)1100743469
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)1100743581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Mawbyite  (*)NatrochalcitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2019
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl2100742,1007431107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110074317380
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O1100743428
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60170
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110074339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22100742,10074361156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O2100742,1007431153
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)61100743134
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)1100742156
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11007432045
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO01101


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