Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Grândola, Setúbal, Portugal

Oldest recorded age at locality: 357.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 320

mindat Locality ID: 132117
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132117.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grândola, Setúbal, Portugal": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Azinheira Dos Barros E São Mamede Do Sádão
Grândola
Melides

Latitude: 38°11'12"N
Longitude: 8°33'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.186666666667,-8.5505555555556

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	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copiapite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Malachite	Marcasite
Melanterite	Meneghinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Meneghinite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Safflorite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Copiapite
Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Gypsum Kaolinite Löllingite Malachite Marcasite
Melanterite Meneghinite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Sulphur Tetrahedrite

40 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	356	356	1	100108	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	320	320	1	100104	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	356	356	1	100108	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	320	320	1	100104	1089
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	357.2	355.5	1	100108	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	356	356	1	100108	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	356	320	5	100103,100104,100105,100107,100108	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	320	320	1	100104	966
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O			1	100107	382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	357.2	320	2	100104,100108	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	356	356	1	100108	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	320	320	1	100104	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	356	356	1	100108	1027
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	356	320	3	100104,100107,100108	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	357.2	320	3	100104,100107,100108	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	320	320	1	100104	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	320	320	1	100104	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	357.2	355.5	1	100108	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	357.2	355.5	1	100108	5591
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	357.2	355.5	1	100108	762
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	320	320	1	100104	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	320	320	1	100104	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	320	320	1	100104	915
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	356	356	1	100108	158
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	357.2	355.5	1	100108	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	357.2	355.5	1	100108	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	100110	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	356	320	5	100103,100104,100105,100107,100108	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	320	320	1	100104	1725
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	357.2	355.5	1	100108	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	356	320	2	100104,100108	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	357.2	320	5	100103,100104,100105,100107,100108	61156
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	320	320	1	100104	317
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	320	320	1	100104	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	357.2	355.5	1	100108	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	356	320	3	100104,100107,100108	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	356	356	1	100108	668
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	100107	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	356	356	1	100108	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	356	320	2	100104,100108	5317

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
vms-00737	320	320	Carboniferous							S	46421	Lousal Mine, Azinheira Dos Barros E São Mamede Do Sádão, Grândola, Setúbal, Portugal	Lousal	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
Jen_0000390	356.9	355.5	356.2±0.7	U-Pb	age of mineralization	high	zircon	98-TB-005	Zircon		204066	Lagoa Salgada Deposit, Grândola, Grândola, Setúbal, Portugal	Lagoa Salgado footwall	Barrie et al. (2002)	10.1007/s00126-002-0302-7	MD37_684	Maximum age for VMS mineralization at western edge of IPB
Jen_0000391	357.2	355.6	356.4±0.8	U-Pb	age of mineralization	high	zircon	98-TB-006	Zircon		204066	Lagoa Salgada Deposit, Grândola, Grândola, Setúbal, Portugal	Lagoa Salgado hanging wall	Barrie et al. (2002)	10.1007/s00126-002-0302-7	MD37_684	Minimum age for VMS mineralization at eastern edge of IPB
vms-00736	356	356	Devonian-Carboniferous							S	204066	Lagoa Salgada Deposit, Grândola, Grândola, Setúbal, Portugal	Lagoa Salgada	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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