Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Almodôvar, Almodôvar, Beja, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 245540
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245540.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Almodôvar, Almodôvar, Beja, Portugal": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Brancanes
Cerro Do Algaré Mine
Courela Das Ferrarias Mine
Eirinha Pelada Mine
Porteirinhos Mine
Porteirinhos Quarry

Latitude: 37°34'54"N
Longitude: 8°1'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.581666666667,-8.0241666666667

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	Alunite	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Coronadite	Enargite
Gypsum	Löllingite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Titanite
Wurtzite	Zircon

Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bayldonite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coronadite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Duftite ()*
Enargite ()*	Felbertalite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hidalgoite ()*
Löllingite ()*	Malachite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Osarizawaite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Scorodite ()*
Siderite ()*	Titanite ()*	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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Alunite Andalusite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Coronadite Enargite
Gypsum Löllingite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Titanite
Wurtzite Zircon

28 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	2	98148,98151	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	98147,98148	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	98149	11547
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	1	98148	172
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	98151	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	98151	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	98147,98148,98149,98150,98151	27198
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	98148	227
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	98147,98149,98151	9895
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	98148	220
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	98148	910
Felbertalite ()*	None	Cu₂Pb₆Bi₈S₁₉	1	98148	9
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	98148	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	98147	6890
Hidalgoite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)₆	1	98148	57
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	98148	762
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	98147,98148,98149,98151	12537
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	98148	254
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	98148	492
Osarizawaite ()*	Alunite	Pb(Al₂Cu²⁺)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	98148	64
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	98148,98149,98150,98151	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	98149	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	98147,98150,98151	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	98149	1711
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	98148	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	98147,98151	6417
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	98149	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	98149	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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