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Locality Name:
Santa Bárbara De Padrões, Castro Verde, Beja, Portugal

Oldest recorded age at locality: 370
Youngest recorded age at locality: 370

mindat Locality ID: 249498
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249498.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Bárbara De Padrões, Castro Verde, Beja, Portugal": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Neves-Corvo Mine

Latitude: 37°34'22"N
Longitude: 7°58'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.572777777778,-7.9702777777778
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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H In K Mg O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCobaltiteCopper
GermaniteKaoliniteLöllingiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
SphaleriteSpinelStanniteStannoiditeStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedrite

45 IMA Minerals at location:
Alloclasite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carrollite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Colusite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Donbassite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Glaucodot  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Joséite-B  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kësterite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)Miharaite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Naumannite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Roquesite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Sakuraiite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vinciennite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alloclasite  (*)LöllingiteCoAsS37037019822756
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)23703701982273092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3703701982279052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)37037019822711547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi3703701982271966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S33703701982271935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43703701982275516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS33703701982271089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)37037019822727770
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S4370370198227154
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO23703701982275171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS237037019822727198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8370370198227577
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe370370198227281
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS370370198227966
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S16370370198227110
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23703701982279895
Donbassite  (*)Clay ChloriteAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2·Al2.33(OH)637037019822716
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12370370198227663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS37037019822724243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS370370198227131
Gold  (*)CopperAu37037019822730554
Graphite  (*)NoneC3703701982272812
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S37037019822786
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43703701982275591
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS437037019822782
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2370370198227762
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS837037019822792
Miharaite  (*)NonePbCu4FeBiS637037019822719
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)237037019822717380
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se370370198227192
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS237037019822739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO237037019822761156
Roquesite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuInS237037019822746
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO23703701982275614
Sakuraiite  (*)Stannite Sphalerite(Cu,Zn,Fe)3(In,Sn)S437037019822710
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3703701982276417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS37037019822721482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4370370198227668
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S1237037019822780
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S133703701982271803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S370370198227510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133703701982275317
Vinciennite  (*)NoneCu10Fe4SnAsS1637037019822713
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3370370198227297


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
vms-00739370370Upper Devonian       S14752Neves-Corvo Mine, Santa Bárbara De Padrões, Castro Verde, Beja, PortugalNeves-CorvoMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

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