Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Covelo De Paivó, Arouca, Aveiro, Portugal

Oldest recorded age at locality: 405
Youngest recorded age at locality: 270

mindat Locality ID: 240422
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240422.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Covelo De Paivó, Arouca, Aveiro, Portugal": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Regoufe Mines
Ribeiro Da Carvalhida Mine

Latitude: 40°53'59"N
Longitude: 8°3'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.899722222222,-8.05

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	Beryl	Clay	Covellite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Lepidocrocite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tourmaline
Zircon

Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bindheimite ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Covellite ()*	Goethite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Zircon ()*

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 B Be Bi Ca Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Autunite Beryl Clay Covellite Diaspore Feldspar Lepidocrocite Mica None
Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Stibnite Sulphur Tourmaline
Zircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	405	270	2	97976,97977	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	405	270	1	97976	1272
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	405	270	1	97976	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	405	270	1	97976	4286
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	405	270	1	97976	450
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	405	270	1	97976	1935
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	405	270	2	97976,97977	5171
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	405	270	1	97977	4165
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	405	270	1	97977	7437
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	405	270	1	97977	581
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	405	270	1	97976	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	405	270	1	97976	17380
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	405	270	1	97977	428
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	405	270	2	97976,97977	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	405	270	1	97976	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	405	270	1	97976	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	405	270	2	97976,97977	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	405	270	2	97976,97977	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	405	270	1	97977	2045
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	405	270	1	97976	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Kristen002524	405	270	Hercynian Orogeny							Yes			Pb, Zn, Cu, Ag	46301	Aveiro, Portugal	Aviero District	Marques de Sá et al. (2014)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.03.001	OGR62_54	studied depoists correspond to veins emplaced in E-W fractures, generated late relatively to the Hercynian orogeny

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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