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:
Macedo De Cavaleiros, Bragança, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 132104
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132104.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Macedo De Cavaleiros, Bragança, Portugal": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Castelões
Chassim
Morais
Murçós
Peredo
Salselas
Vale Da Porca
Vilarinho Do Monte

Latitude: 41°32'35"N
Longitude: 6°54'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.543055555556,-6.9127777777778

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Garnet	Monazite
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite
Talc

Actinolite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Matildite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rooseveltite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Garnet Monazite
Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite
Talc

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	98552	3419
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	98543	2353
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	98547	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	98547	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	98547	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	98547	1935
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	98547,98556	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	98551	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	98547	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	98547,98551	24243
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	1	98547	252
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	98544	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	98547,98551	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	98547	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	98547,98556	61156
Rooseveltite ()*	Monazite	Bi(AsO₄)	1	98547	38
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	98547	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	98547	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	98547	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	98547	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	98551	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	4	98551,98552,98553,98554	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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