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Locality Name:
Vila Nova De Baronia, Alvito, Beja, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 249493
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249493.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vila Nova De Baronia, Alvito, Beja, Portugal": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Alvito Mine

Latitude: 38°15'24"N
Longitude: 8°1'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.256666666667,-8.0183333333333
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumMalachiteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SpinelVesuvianite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21981633419
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)19816327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS219816327198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21981639895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS19816324243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O319816314640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O419816314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)219816312537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219816339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81981639056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO219816361156
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101981631395


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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