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:
Alijó, Vila Real, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 234501
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-234501.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alijó, Vila Real, Portugal": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Alijó
Favaios
Pópulo
Sanfins Do Douro
São Mamede De Ribatua
Vila Chã
Vila Verde
Vilar De Maçada

Latitude: 41°18'21"N
Longitude: 7°30'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.305833333333,-7.5016666666667

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	Beryl	Clay	Columbite	Covellite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Sulphur

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: Al As Be Ca Cu F Fe H K O Pb S Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Beryl Clay Columbite Covellite Feldspar Fluorite Mica None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Sulphur

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Covellite ()*	Ferberite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	12	100335,100336,100338,100339,100342,100343,100345,100346,100352,100353,100356,100357	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	100346	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	8	100336,100342,100345,100346,100349,100353,100356,100357	5171
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	100346	4165
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	1	100346	551
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	100346	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	100346	24243
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	100346	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	100340	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	10	100335,100336,100338,100339,100342,100343,100345,100346,100352,100353	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	17	100335,100336,100338,100339,100340,100342,100343,100345,100346,100348,100349,100351,100352,100353,100354,100356,100357	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	100346	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	100346	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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