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:
Peso Da Régua, Vila Real, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 234905
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-234905.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Peso Da Régua, Vila Real, Portugal": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Covelinhas
Galafura
Poiares

Latitude: 41°10'27"N
Longitude: 7°40'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.174166666667,-7.6830555555556

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.

Allophane	Arsenopyrite	Bismutite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Covellite	Diaspore	Gypsum
Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beyerite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*
Emplectite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Magnesite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stannite ()*	Varlamoffite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Arsenopyrite Bismutite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Covellite Diaspore Gypsum
Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stannite

22 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	100464	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	100458,100462	5509
Beyerite ()*	Bismutite	CaBi₂O₂(CO₃)₂	1	100462	96
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	100462	716
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	2	100458,100462	1633
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	100464	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	100458	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	100458,100460,100461,100462,100464	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	100462	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	100458	4165
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	1	100462	246
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	100458,100461	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	100458,100462,100464	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	100462	6890
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	100462	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	100458,100460,100461,100462	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	100462,100464	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	100458,100460,100461,100462,100464	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	100462	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	100458	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	100464	668
Varlamoffite ()*	Rutile	(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)₂	1	100464	56

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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