Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Braga, Braga, Portugal

Oldest recorded age at locality: 305
Youngest recorded age at locality: 297

mindat Locality ID: 245605
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245605.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Braga, Braga, Portugal": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Cabreiros
Mire De Tibães
Sequeira
União Das Freguesias De Nogueiró E Tenões

Latitude: 41°32'34"N
Longitude: 8°28'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.542777777778,-8.4830555555556

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.

Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None
Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Yanomamite ()*

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 Ba Ca Cu F Fe H In K Mn Na O P S Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Diaspore Feldspar Garnet Mica None
Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Tourmaline

19 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	98380	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	98380	2353
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	305	297	3	98374,98376,98377	9052
Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	Ba_0.5Fe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·5H₂O			1	98377	150
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	305	297	1	98374	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	98376	27198
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)			1	98377	551
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	98377	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	98377	7437
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	98380	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	98380	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	98380	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			3	98376,98377,98380	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	98379	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	98376,98380	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	98380	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			2	98376,98377	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	98376,98377	21482
Yanomamite ()*	None	In(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	98376	2

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
	Bradley_2012_151	305	297	301±4	U/Pb			columbite, tantalite							262928	Vieiros Mine, Cabreiros, Braga, Braga, Portugal	Vieiros Pegm	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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