Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Murçós Mines, Murçós, Macedo De Cavaleiros, Bragança, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 216789
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216789.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Murçós Mines, Murçós, Macedo De Cavaleiros, Bragança, Portugal": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°40'46"N
Longitude: 6°58'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.679444444444,-6.9819444444444

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite

Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Matildite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rooseveltite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stannite ()*

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 As Bi Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Bi Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Sn W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Chalcopyrite Monazite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	252
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rooseveltite ()*	Monazite	Bi(AsO₄)	38
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	668

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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