Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 246818
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246818.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Alcains
Almaceda
Castelo Branco
Lardosa
Lousa
Monforte Da Beira
Póvoa De Rio De Moinhos
Salgueiro Do Campo
Sarzedas

Latitude: 39°55'13"N
Longitude: 7°31'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.920277777778,-7.5202777777778

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	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Columbite	Copper
Corundum	Diaspore	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Stibnite	Ullmannite	Zinkenite

Anglesite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Ullmannite ()*	Zinkenite ()*

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 Au C Cl Cu Fe H Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Columbite Copper
Corundum Diaspore Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Stibnite Ullmannite Zinkenite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	98728	2734
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	1	98732	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	98732	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	98730	5509
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	98730	1089
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	4	98715,98720,98721,98723	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	98728	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	98731	27198
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	1	98730	551
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	98717,98719,98728,98731	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	98725	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	98730,98731,98732	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	98720,98721	5433
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	98730	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	98717,98719,98732	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	98728	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	98715,98717,98719,98720,98723,98728,98731,98732	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	98732	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	98717,98730,98732	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	98717,98719,98731	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3	98728,98730,98732	3418
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	1	98730	293
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	1	98730	228

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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