Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Segura, Idanha-a-Nova, Castelo Branco, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 249170
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249170.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Segura, Idanha-a-Nova, Castelo Branco, Portugal": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Eiras Do Gordo Mine
Segura Mines (Segura Mining Field)
Tapada Da Barreira Alta Mine
Vale De Lobo Mine
Vale Redondo Mine

Latitude: 39°49'49"N
Longitude: 6°59'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.830277777778,-6.9838888888889

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Baryte	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Columbite	Diaspore	Feldspar
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Souzalite	Sphalerite	Tapiolite
Titanite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Cordierite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gormanite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*
Ixiolite ()*	Kintoreite ()*	Lacroixite ()*	Microcline ()*	Mimetite ()*
Montebrasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Topaz ()*
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 B Ba Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Baryte Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Columbite Diaspore Feldspar
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Souzalite Sphalerite Tapiolite
Titanite Topaz Tourmaline Zircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	98846	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	1	98846	244
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	98846	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	98846	11547
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	98846	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	98846	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	98846	966
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	98846	518
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	98846	289
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	98846	1008
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	98846	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	98846	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	98846	7437
Gormanite ()*	Souzalite	Fe²⁺₃Al₄(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	98846	23
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	98846	367
Ixiolite ()*	Columbite	(Ta_2/3Mn²⁺_1/3)O₂	1	98846	148
Kintoreite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	98846	41
Lacroixite ()*	Titanite	NaAl(PO₄)F	1	98846	22
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	98846	4924
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	98846	1107
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	1	98846	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	98846	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	98846	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	98846	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	98846	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	98846	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	98846	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	98846	21482
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	98846	88
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	98846	1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	98846	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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