Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Sanfins, Valença Do Minho, Viana Do Castelo, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 132563
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132563.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sanfins, Valença Do Minho, Viana Do Castelo, Portugal": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Eiras Quarry
Sanfins Quarry

Latitude: 42°1'16"N
Longitude: 8°34'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.021111111111,-8.5716666666667

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	Arsenopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Molybdenite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Opal ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Wulfenite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 B Ca F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O Pb S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Arsenopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Molybdenite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Scheelite Tourmaline Zircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	100269,100270	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	100269	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	100269	9052
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	100269	1756
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	100269	518
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	100270	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	100269	9617
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	100269	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	100269	5800
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	100269	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	100269,100270	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	100269	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	100269,100270	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	100269	2705
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	100269	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	100269	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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