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Locality Name:
Ribeira De Fráguas, Albergaria-a-Velha, Aveiro, Portugal

Oldest recorded age at locality: 405
Youngest recorded age at locality: 270

mindat Locality ID: 249475
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249475.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ribeira De Fráguas, Albergaria-a-Velha, Aveiro, Portugal": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Carvalhal Mine
Esperança Mine
Telhadela Mine

Latitude: 40°44'41"N
Longitude: 8°27'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.744722222222,-8.4586111111111
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: Al As Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteNonePerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSkutterudite
SphaleriteStibniteVivianite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6405270197952966
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O405270197952445
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS405270297951,979529052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi4052701979521966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS44052701979525516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)40527019795227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2405270297950,9795227198
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O405270197952814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS405270397950,97951,9795224243
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3405270197952176
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS240527019795139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2405270397950,97951,9795261156
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3405270197952531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS405270297951,9795221482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S34052701979523418


1 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
Kristen002524405270Hercynian Orogeny     Yes Pb, Zn, Cu, Ag46301Aveiro, PortugalAviero DistrictMarques de Sá et al. (2014)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.03.001OGR62_54studied depoists correspond to veins emplaced in E-W fractures, generated late relatively to the Hercynian orogeny

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