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:
Cavalinho Mine, Estorãos, Ponte De Lima, Viana Do Castelo, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 233408
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233408.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cavalinho Mine, Estorãos, Ponte De Lima, Viana Do Castelo, Portugal": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°48'59"N
Longitude: 8°40'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.816388888889,-8.6741666666667

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Carminite	Chalcopyrite	Columbite	Diaspore	Lepidocrocite	Marcasite	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Raspite	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Beudantite ()*	Carminite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Ferberite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Raspite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*
Segnitite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stolzite ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ca Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Si W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Arsenopyrite Carminite Chalcopyrite Columbite Diaspore Lepidocrocite Marcasite None
Pyrite Quartz Raspite Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	413
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂	178
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	551
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	581
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Raspite ()*	Raspite	Pb(WO₄)	26
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1153
Segnitite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	134
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)	156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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