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Locality Name:
São Brás Dos Matos, Alandroal, Évora, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 241290
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-241290.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "São Brás Dos Matos, Alandroal, Évora, Portugal": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bugalho Mine
Zambujeira Mine

Latitude: 38°42'28"N
Longitude: 7°19'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.707777777778,-7.3236111111111

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteArsenopyriteBrochantiteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCyanotrichiteDiaspore
GypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSulphurSymplesiteTetrahedriteTurquoise
VivianiteWavellite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Camérolaite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)Copper  (*)
Crandallite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Ferrisymplesite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mansfieldite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1990019052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21990015509
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61990011633
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O199001280
Camérolaite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu6Al3(OH)18(H2O)2[Sb(OH)6](SO4)19900115
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O199001925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1990015707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2299001,9900227198
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O19900177
Copper  (*)CopperCu1990013846
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6199001310
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1990012970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21990019895
Ferrisymplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe3+3(AsO4)2(OH)3·5H2O19900121
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1990017437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1990016890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O319900114640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61990012228
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)199001234
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2299001,9900212537
Mansfieldite  (*)NoneAl(AsO4)·2H2O19900142
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)199001492
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O199001124
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4199001369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219900139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2299001,9900261156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O199001177
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1990012045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131990015317
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O199001484
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O199001374



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