Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Rio De Mel, Trancoso, Guarda, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 217360
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217360.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rio De Mel, Trancoso, Guarda, Portugal": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Cabecinha Mine
Ferreiros Mine
Nogueirinha Mine
Salão Mine

Latitude: 40°48'40"N
Longitude: 7°23'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.811111111111,-7.3886111111111

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.

Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Fluorite	Meta-autunite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Zircon

Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coffinite ()*
Covellite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*

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: As Ca Cu Fe H O P S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Autunite Chalcopyrite Covellite Fluorite Meta-autunite None Pyrite Quartz Zircon

13 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	1	99513	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	2	99511,99513	1272
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	99513	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	99511	27198
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1	99511	566
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	99511	4165
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	99511	388
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	99511	443
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	99511,99513	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	99510,99511,99512,99513	61156
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	2	99511,99513	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	99513	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	99511	890

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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