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Locality Name:
Vale De Vargo, Serpa, Beja, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 249503
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249503.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vale De Vargo, Serpa, Beja, Portugal": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cêrro Da Oca Mine
Vale De Vargo Mines

Latitude: 37°59'0"N
Longitude: 7°24'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.983333333333,-7.4
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 Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousAmphiboleChalcopyriteClayCorundumDiasporeMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyrochloreQuartzRocksaltTalc

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Opal  (*)Quartz  (*)
Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21983415509
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7198341450
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS219834227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1983413531
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS19834224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1983417437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3298341,9834214640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)219834112537
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1983412994
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO219834161156
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21983413337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21983412562


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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