Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Vaqueiros, Alcoutim, Faro, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 221682
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221682.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vaqueiros, Alcoutim, Faro, Portugal": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Alcaria Queimada
Cerro Da Pedra E Da Galinha
Espingardinha Mine
Ferrarias (Cova Dos Mouros) Mine
Forra Merendas Mine
Herdade Da Malhada Mine
Zambujal

Latitude: 37°22'45"N
Longitude: 7°39'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.379166666667,-7.6633333333333

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.

Andalusite	Chalcopyrite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz

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: C Cu Fe H O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Chalcopyrite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	4	99120,99124,99125,99128	5509
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	99120,99125,99126,99128	27198
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	3	99120,99125,99129	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	6	99120,99124,99125,99126,99128,99129	12537
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	2	99120,99129	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	99126	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	99120,99128	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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