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Locality Name:
Lagoa Salgada Deposit, Grândola, Grândola, Setúbal, Portugal

Oldest recorded age at locality: 357.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 355.5

mindat Locality ID: 204066
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204066.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lagoa Salgada Deposit, Grândola, Grândola, Setúbal, Portugal": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°14'6"N
Longitude: 8°27'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.235,-8.4652777777778
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: Ag Al As Cl Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Cl Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteKaolinite
LöllingiteMeneghiniteMicaNickelineNonePyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltRutile
SphaleriteStanniteTetrahedrite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)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
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS35635609052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS435635605516
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2357.2355.505171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S35635605707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2356356027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu357.2355.503846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS35635604165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S35635601027
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS356356024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)357.2355.507437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3357.2355.5014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4357.2355.505591
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2357.2355.50762
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S243563560158
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl357.2355.501107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2357.2355.5017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2356356039462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2357.2355.50771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S835635609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2357.2355.5061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg357.2355.505186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS356356021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS43563560668
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1335635601803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1335635605317


3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Jen_0000390356.9355.5356.2±0.7U-Pbage of mineralizationhighzircon98-TB-005  Zircon  204066Lagoa Salgada Deposit, Grândola, Grândola, Setúbal, PortugalLagoa Salgado footwallBarrie et al. (2002)10.1007/s00126-002-0302-7MD37_684Maximum age for VMS mineralization at western edge of IPB
Jen_0000391357.2355.6356.4±0.8U-Pbage of mineralizationhighzircon98-TB-006  Zircon  204066Lagoa Salgada Deposit, Grândola, Grândola, Setúbal, PortugalLagoa Salgado hanging wallBarrie et al. (2002)10.1007/s00126-002-0302-7MD37_684Minimum age for VMS mineralization at eastern edge of IPB
vms-00736356356Devonian-Carboniferous       S204066Lagoa Salgada Deposit, Grândola, Grândola, Setúbal, PortugalLagoa SalgadaMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

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