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Locality Name:
Fonte Da Cal Mine, Bendada Mines, Bendada, Sabugal, Guarda, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 226900
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-226900.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fonte Da Cal Mine, Bendada Mines, Bendada, Sabugal, Guarda, Portugal": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°22'54"N
Longitude: 7°14'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.381666666667,-7.2494444444444
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 Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteApatiteArsenicArseniosideriteArsenopyriteArthuriteBaryteBerauniteBismutiteBrochantite
CalciteChalcopyriteChildreniteCopperCoronaditeEnargiteFairfielditeHureauliteJahnsiteLaueite
MedenbachiteMolybdeniteNoneNordgauiteOveritePaulkerritePerhamitePhosphosideriteQuartzReddingite
RockbridgeiteRoscheriteScheeliteSphaleriteStewartiteStibniteStrunziteTetrahedriteTurquoiseWardite
WavelliteWurtzite

55 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Benyacarite  (*)Beraunite  (*)Bermanite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)Copper  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)
Cyrilovite  (*)Earlshannonite  (*)Eleonorite  (*)Enargite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)
Fairfieldite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Frondelite  (*)Greifensteinite  (*)
Hureaulite  (*)Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)  (*)Kastningite  (*)Krásnoite  (*)Laueite  (*)
Libethenite  (*)Lun'okite  (*)Matulaite  (*)Medenbachite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)
Mitridatite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Nordgauite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Reddingite  (*)Rittmannite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Roscherite  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stewartite  (*)Strengite  (*)Strunzite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Torbernite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Wavellite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Benyacarite  (*)Paulkerrite(H2O)2Mn2Ti2Fe3+(PO4)4(OF)(H2O)10·4H2O08
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O0136
Bermanite  (*)ArthuriteMn2+Mn3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O055
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)0716
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O0280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O077
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O160599
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O060
Earlshannonite  (*)ArthuriteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O012
Eleonorite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O051
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O0128
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O072
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O0345
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Frondelite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Mn2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5052
Greifensteinite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Be4Fe2+5(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O027
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O0125
Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)  (*)JahnsiteCaMn2+Mn2+2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O018
Kastningite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O08
Krásnoite  (*)PerhamiteCa3Al7.7Si3P4O22.9(OH)13.3F2·8H2O05
Laueite  (*)LaueiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O070
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)0234
Lun'okite  (*)OveriteMgMn2+Al(PO4)2(OH)·4H2O05
Matulaite  (*)NoneFe3+Al7(PO4)4(PO3OH)2(OH)8(H2O)8·8H2O010
Medenbachite  (*)MedenbachiteBi2Fe3+Cu2+(AsO4)2O(OH)305
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O0443
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O0129
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Nordgauite  (*)NordgauiteMnAl2(PO4)2(F,OH)2·5.5H2O04
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0182
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Reddingite  (*)ReddingiteMn2+3(PO4)2·3H2O024
Rittmannite  (*)Jahnsite(Mn2+,Ca)Mn2+(Fe2+,Mn2+,Mg)2(Al,Fe3+)2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O010
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)50206
Roscherite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Mn2+5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O022
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stewartite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O048
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0263
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O098
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O01059
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O0484
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O0374
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655


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