Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Santa Cruz, Almodôvar, Beja, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 245126
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245126.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Cruz, Almodôvar, Beja, Portugal": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Barranco Do Vale Covo Mine
Barrigão Mine
Cerro De Martins Annes Mine
Moinho Da Romba Mine

Latitude: 37°27'13"N
Longitude: 7°57'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.453611111111,-7.95

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.

Adelite	Andalusite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Connellite	Copper	Diaspore	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Tetrahedrite	Tyrolite

Azurite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Conichalcite ()*
Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*
Malachite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tyrolite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Andalusite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Connellite Copper Diaspore Malachite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Tetrahedrite Tyrolite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	4	98155,98156,98157,98158	5509
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	98154	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	98155	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	98154,98155,98158,98159	27198
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	98156	363
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	98157	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	98157	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	98157	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	98154,98155,98156	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	98154,98158	7437
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	98154,98155,98156,98157,98158	12537
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	2	98155,98156	492
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	98156	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	98154,98155,98158	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	98154,98155,98156,98158,98159	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	98154,98155,98156	6417
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2	98155,98156	1803
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	1	98156	245

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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