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:
Barranco Do Vale Covo Mine, Santa Cruz, Almodôvar, Beja, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 263575
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-263575.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Barranco Do Vale Covo Mine, Santa Cruz, Almodôvar, Beja, Portugal": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°22'40"N
Longitude: 8°'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.377777777778,-8.0122222222222

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.

Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz

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: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Diaspore Malachite None Pyrite Quartz

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Brochantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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