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Locality Name:
Muro Alto Mine, Anjos, Vieira Do Minho, Braga, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 262955
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-262955.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Muro Alto Mine, Anjos, Vieira Do Minho, Braga, Portugal": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Eastern Pegmatite
Western Pegmatite

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 B Be F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P Si Sn Ta Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylClayColumbiteFeldsparMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyroxeneQuartz
RutileSpinelTopazTourmalineZircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Amblygonite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Elbaite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Montebrasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phenakite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)
Spodumene  (*)Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Topaz  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)298411,984128803
Amblygonite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)F198412244
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2198412606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18298411,984124286
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21984115171
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6198412518
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O6198411289
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)198411520
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4198412445
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)298411,984124924
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)198412200
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2298411,9841217380
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)198411326
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2298411,9841261156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1984112705
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6198412688
Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Ta2O619841299
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O6198411211
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21984111476
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1984115251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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