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:
Felgar, Torre De Moncorvo, Bragança, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 249552
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249552.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Felgar, Torre De Moncorvo, Bragança, Portugal": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Cabeço Da Mua Mine
Encosta Boreal Do Cabeço Da Mua
Encosta Nordeste Do Cabeço Da Mua
Encosta Ocidental Do Cabeço Da Mua
Encosta Sul Do Cabeço Da Mua
Fragas Da Carvalhosa Mine

Latitude: 41°11'35"N
Longitude: 6°57'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.193055555556,-6.9555555555556

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.

Apatite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Lazulite	Mica	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Spinel	Turquoise	Wavellite

Albite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Chalcosiderite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kidwellite ()*	Lazulite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scorzalite ()*	Strengite ()*
Turquoise ()*	Variscite ()*	Wavellite ()*

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 Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Chlorite Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Lazulite Mica None Pyrite
Quartz Spinel Turquoise Wavellite

18 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	98611	8803
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	2	98611,98616	280
Chalcosiderite ()*	Turquoise	CuFe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	98611	77
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	98611	577
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	98611	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	98611,98616	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	98611,98616	14640
Kidwellite ()*	None	NaFe³⁺_9+x(PO₄)₆(OH)₁₁·3H₂O (x ≈ 0.33)	2	98611,98616	53
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	98611	232
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	98611,98616	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	98611	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	98611	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	98611,98616	61156
Scorzalite ()*	Lazulite	Fe²⁺Al₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	2	98611,98612	60
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	3	98611,98612,98616	263
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	98616	484
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	2	98611,98616	301
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	2	98611,98616	374

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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