Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ourais Mine, Raiva, Castelo De Paiva, Aveiro, Portugal

Oldest recorded age at locality: 405
Youngest recorded age at locality: 270

mindat Locality ID: 235332
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-235332.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ourais Mine, Raiva, Castelo De Paiva, Aveiro, Portugal": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°2'24"N
Longitude: 8°19'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.04,-8.3269444444444

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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Gypsum	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Freieslebenite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Semseyite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Gypsum None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	405	270	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	405	270	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	405	270	3250
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	405	270	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	405	270	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	405	270	27198
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃	405	270	105
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	405	270	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	405	270	6890
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	405	270	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	405	270	61156
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	405	270	165
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	405	270	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	405	270	21482

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Kristen002524	405	270	Hercynian Orogeny							Yes			Pb, Zn, Cu, Ag	46301	Aveiro, Portugal	Aviero District	Marques de Sá et al. (2014)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.03.001	OGR62_54	studied depoists correspond to veins emplaced in E-W fractures, generated late relatively to the Hercynian orogeny

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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