Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Miguel Vacas Mine, Conceição, Vila Viçosa, Évora, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 2584
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2584.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Miguel Vacas Mine, Conceição, Vila Viçosa, Évora, Portugal": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°44'27"N
Longitude: 7°23'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.740833333333,-7.3927777777778

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Andalusite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Bismutite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite	Copiapite	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Stibnite	Turquoise	Wavellite

Anilite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beyerite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcosiderite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copiapite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Cuprobismutite ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Libethenite ()*	Malachite ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Planerite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Reichenbachite ()*	Rutile ()*	Strengite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Wavellite ()*
Waylandite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Zapatalite ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O P S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Andalusite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Bismutite Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite Copiapite Copper Covellite Diaspore Digenite Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rutile Stibnite Turquoise Wavellite

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	88
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Beyerite ()*	Bismutite	CaBi₂O₂(CO₃)₂	96
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chalcosiderite ()*	Turquoise	CuFe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	77
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Cuprobismutite ()*	None	Cu₈AgBi₁₃S₂₄	43
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	300
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	246
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Planerite ()*	Turquoise	Al₆(PO₄)₂(PO₃OH)₂(OH)₈·4H₂O	43
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Reichenbachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	26
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	263
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	484
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	374
Waylandite ()*	Alunite	BiAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆	31
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	297
Zapatalite ()*	None	Cu₃Al₄(PO₄)₃(OH)₉·4H₂O	7

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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