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Locality Name:
Grândola, Grândola, Setúbal, Portugal

Oldest recorded age at locality: 357.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 355.5

mindat Locality ID: 248753
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248753.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grândola, Grândola, Setúbal, Portugal": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Caveira Mine
Lagoa Salgada Deposit

Latitude: 38°10'44"N
Longitude: 8°29'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.178888888889,-8.485
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: Ag Al As Cl Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayCopiapiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigenite
KaoliniteLöllingiteMeneghiniteMicaNickelineNonePyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteStanniteSulphurTetrahedrite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS35635611001089052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS435635611001085516
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2357.2355.511001085171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S35635611001085707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23563562100107,10010827198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O1100107382
Copper  (*)CopperCu357.2355.511001083846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS35635611001084165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S35635611001081027
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3563562100107,10010824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)357.2355.52100107,1001087437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3357.2355.5110010814640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4357.2355.511001085591
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2357.2355.51100108762
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S243563561100108158
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl357.2355.511001081107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2357.2355.5110010817380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23563562100107,10010839462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2357.2355.51100108771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S835635611001089056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2357.2355.52100107,10010861156
Silver  (*)CopperAg357.2355.511001085186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3563562100107,10010821482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS43563561100108668
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11001072045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1335635611001081803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1335635611001085317


3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Jen_0000390356.9355.5356.2±0.7U-Pbage of mineralizationhighzircon98-TB-005  Zircon  204066Lagoa Salgada Deposit, Grândola, Grândola, Setúbal, PortugalLagoa Salgado footwallBarrie et al. (2002)10.1007/s00126-002-0302-7MD37_684Maximum age for VMS mineralization at western edge of IPB
Jen_0000391357.2355.6356.4±0.8U-Pbage of mineralizationhighzircon98-TB-006  Zircon  204066Lagoa Salgada Deposit, Grândola, Grândola, Setúbal, PortugalLagoa Salgado hanging wallBarrie et al. (2002)10.1007/s00126-002-0302-7MD37_684Minimum age for VMS mineralization at eastern edge of IPB
vms-00736356356Devonian-Carboniferous       S204066Lagoa Salgada Deposit, Grândola, Grândola, Setúbal, PortugalLagoa SalgadaMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

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