Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Cova Da Raposa Mine, Chãs De Tavares, Mangualde, Viseu, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 106015
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106015.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cova Da Raposa Mine, Chãs De Tavares, Mangualde, Viseu, Portugal": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°37'56"N
Longitude: 7°36'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.632222222222,-7.6125

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.

Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Beryl	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scorodite ()*	Torbernite ()*

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 Ca Cu F Fe H K Na O P S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Be Ca Cu F Fe H K Na O P S Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Arsenopyrite Autunite Beryl Clay Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Mica None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1272
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1153
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1059

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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