Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Boticas, Vila Real, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 212055
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-212055.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boticas, Vila Real, Portugal": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Beça
Bobadela
Cerdedo
Covas Do Barroso
Dornelas
Fiães Do Tâmega
Pinho
Vilar

Latitude: 41°39'16"N
Longitude: 7°44'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.654444444444,-7.7408333333333

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.

Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Lillianite	Meneghinite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetradymite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Berryite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Eskimoite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hedleyite ()*
Hessite ()*	Heyrovskýite ()*	Ingodite ()*	Joséite-B ()*	Maldonite ()*
Matildite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Vikingite ()*

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 As Au Bi Ca Cu F Fe O P Pb S Si Sn Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Copper Lillianite Meneghinite None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tetradymite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4	100364,100370,100373,100375	9052
Berryite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₃Ag₂Pb₃Bi₇S₁₆	1	100364	50
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	100364	1966
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	6	100362,100367,100370,100371,100373,100375	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	100364	27198
Eskimoite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₇Pb₁₀Bi₁₅S₃₆	1	100364	20
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	100364	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	100364	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	100364,100365	30554
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃	1	100364	104
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	100364	804
Heyrovskýite ()*	Lillianite	Pb₆Bi₂S₉	1	100364	66
Ingodite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂TeS	1	100364	30
Joséite-B ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₂S	1	100364	86
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	1	100364	88
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	1	100364	252
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	100364,100370,100373,100375	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	100362,100364,100369,100370,100373,100375,100377	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	100364	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	100364	21482
Vikingite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₅Pb₈Bi₁₃S₃₀	1	100364	27

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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