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Locality Name:
Vila Velha De Rodão, Castelo Branco, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 132107
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132107.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vila Velha De Rodão, Castelo Branco, Portugal": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Ingadanais Mines
Talhadas Mountain
Tostão
Vila Velha De Rodão

Latitude: 39°40'52"N
Longitude: 7°39'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.681111111111,-7.6661111111111
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 Ba C Cl Cu Fe H Mn O P S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousAndalusiteArsenopyriteAtacamiteBrochantiteChalcopyriteConnelliteCopperDiaspore
MalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzTetrahedrite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Antlerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Cacoxenite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinoclase  (*)
Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Goethite  (*)Libethenite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Opal  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4398885,98895,98896246
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1988859052
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3198885544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2398885,98895,989005509
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6298885,988961633
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O198895280
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1988855707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2298885,9890027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1989003531
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)3298885,98895127
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O298885,98896295
Copper  (*)CopperCu1988853846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O298885,988962970
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1988927437
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)298885,98895234
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2398885,98895,9890012537
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)298885,98895492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1988952994
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6198885158
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219888539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2498889,98892,98895,9890061156
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10198885312
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131988851803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131988855317


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