Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Castelo Branco, Mogadouro, Bragança, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 249557
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249557.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Castelo Branco, Mogadouro, Bragança, Portugal": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cravezes Mine
Olgas Mine
Terra Da Mina Mine

Latitude: 41°15'21"N
Longitude: 6°48'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.255833333333,-6.8

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.

Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Coronadite
Covellite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Gypsum	Linarite	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur

Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Coronadite ()*
Covellite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn O P Pb S Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Chalcopyrite Copper Coronadite
Covellite Diaspore Feldspar Gypsum Linarite Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Sulphur

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	98599	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	98597,98598,98599	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	98598	5509
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	98598	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	98598	1935
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	98598	1633
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	98598,98599	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	98598,98599	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	98598,98599	3531
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	98598	227
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	98598,98599	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	98598,98599	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	98599	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	98597	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	98598	6890
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	98598	1066
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	2	98598,98599	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	98597	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	98598,98599	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	98599	4924
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	98598	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	2	98598,98599	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	98597,98598	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	98598,98599	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	98598	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	98597	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	98598,98599	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	98598,98599	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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