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Locality Name:
Bendada Mines, Bendada, Sabugal, Guarda, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 16453
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16453.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bendada Mines, Bendada, Sabugal, Guarda, Portugal": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Fonte Da Cal Mine

Latitude: 40°22'54"N
Longitude: 7°14'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.381666666667,-7.2491666666667
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 As Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteApatiteArsenicArseniosideriteArsenopyriteArthuriteAutuniteBaryteBeraunite
BerylBismutiteBrochantiteCalcioferriteCalciteChalcopyriteChildreniteClayColumbiteCopper
CoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEnargiteFairfielditeFeldsparFluoriteGypsumHureaulite
JahnsiteKaoliniteLaueiteLazuliteLeucophosphiteMalachiteMedenbachiteMicaMolybdeniteNone
NordgauiteNot in a structural groupOlivineOveritePaulkerritePerhamitePharmacosideritePhosphosideritePhosphuranylitePyrite
QuartzRamsdelliteReddingiteRockbridgeiteRoscheriteRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStewartiteStibnite
StrunziteTetrahedriteTripliteTurquoiseVivianiteWarditeWavelliteWurtziteZircon

108 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Arthurite  (*)Autunite  (*)Barbosalite  (*)
Bendadaite  (*)Benyacarite  (*)Beraunite  (*)Bermanite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bobierrite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chalcosiderite  (*)Childrenite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Churchite-(Y)  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)
Copper  (*)Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cyrilovite  (*)
Earlshannonite  (*)Eleonorite  (*)Enargite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)Fairfieldite  (*)
Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorellestadite  (*)Frondelite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Greifensteinite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hentschelite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)
Hydroxylellestadite  (*)Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kastningite  (*)Keckite  (*)
Kingsmountite  (*)Krásnoite  (*)Kryzhanovskite  (*)Laueite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)
Libethenite  (*)Lithiophilite  (*)Ludlamite  (*)Lun'okite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Matulaite  (*)Medenbachite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mitridatite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Montgomeryite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nordgauite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Paravauxite  (*)Paulkerrite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)
Pseudolaueite  (*)Purpurite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsdellite  (*)
Reddingite  (*)Rittmannite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Roscherite  (*)Sabugalite  (*)
Schoonerite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Scorzalite  (*)Sicklerite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stewartite  (*)Strengite  (*)Strunzite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tinsleyite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Triphylite  (*)Triplite  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Väyrynenite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wavellite  (*)Whitmoreite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zwieselite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1994352734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1994359052
Arthurite  (*)ArthuriteCuFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O035
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O01272
Barbosalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2043
Bendadaite  (*)ArthuriteFe2+Fe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O010
Benyacarite  (*)Paulkerrite(H2O)2Mn2Ti2Fe3+(PO4)4(OF)(H2O)10·4H2O1994358
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O199435136
Bermanite  (*)ArthuriteMn2+Mn3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O19943555
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)20606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1994351966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31994351935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)199435716
Bobierrite  (*)VivianiteMg3(PO4)2·8H2O017
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61994351633
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O199435280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)19943527770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS219943527198
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O19943577
Childrenite  (*)ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O093
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Churchite-(Y)  (*)GypsumY(PO4)·2H2O070
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O60289
Copper  (*)CopperCu1994353846
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O160227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16199435599
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O19943560
Earlshannonite  (*)ArthuriteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O19943512
Eleonorite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O19943551
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4199435910
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O199435128
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O19943572
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O199435345
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1994352740
Fluorellestadite  (*)ApatiteCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F033
Frondelite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Mn2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)519943552
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Greifensteinite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Be4Fe2+5(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O19943527
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hentschelite  (*)LazuliteCuFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2020
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O199435125
Hydroxylellestadite  (*)ApatiteCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5OH022
Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)  (*)JahnsiteCaMn2+Mn2+2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O19943518
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Kastningite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O1994358
Keckite  (*)JahnsiteCaMn(Fe3+,Mn)2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)3·7H2O010
Kingsmountite  (*)CalcioferriteCa3MnFe2+Al4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O012
Krásnoite  (*)PerhamiteCa3Al7.7Si3P4O22.9(OH)13.3F2·8H2O1994355
Kryzhanovskite  (*)Reddingite(Fe3+,Mn2+)3(PO4)2(OH,H2O)3034
Laueite  (*)LaueiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O19943570
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O0110
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)199435234
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)0155
Ludlamite  (*)NoneFe2+3(PO4)2·4H2O066
Lun'okite  (*)OveriteMgMn2+Al(PO4)2(OH)·4H2O1994355
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Matulaite  (*)NoneFe3+Al7(PO4)4(PO3OH)2(OH)8(H2O)8·8H2O19943510
Medenbachite  (*)MedenbachiteBi2Fe3+Cu2+(AsO4)2O(OH)31994355
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O199435443
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O199435129
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21994355800
Montgomeryite  (*)CalcioferriteCa4MgAl4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O044
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Nordgauite  (*)NordgauiteMnAl2(PO4)2(F,OH)2·5.5H2O1994354
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Paravauxite  (*)LaueiteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O019
Paulkerrite  (*)PaulkerriteKMg2TiFe3+2(PO4)4(OH)3·15H2O06
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O0428
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O199435182
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O0182
Pseudolaueite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O010
Purpurite  (*)OlivineMn3+(PO4)080
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO219943561156
Ramsdellite  (*)RamsdelliteMnO2088
Reddingite  (*)ReddingiteMn2+3(PO4)2·3H2O19943524
Rittmannite  (*)Jahnsite(Mn2+,Ca)Mn2+(Fe2+,Mn2+,Mg)2(Al,Fe3+)2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O19943510
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5199435206
Roscherite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Mn2+5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O19943522
Sabugalite  (*)NoneHAl(UO2)4(PO4)4·16H2O087
Schoonerite  (*)CalcioferriteZnMn2+Fe2+2Fe3+(PO4)3(OH)2(H2O)7·2H2O013
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1994351153
Scorzalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2060
Sicklerite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)066
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1994356417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS19943521482
Stewartite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O19943548
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O199435263
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O19943598
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131994351803
Tinsleyite  (*)LeucophosphiteKAl2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O09
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1994351059
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)0313
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F0233
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O199435484
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Väyrynenite  (*)NoneBeMn2+(PO4)(OH)015
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O199435374
Whitmoreite  (*)ArthuriteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O036
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41994351655
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251
Zwieselite  (*)TripliteFe2+2(PO4)F047


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