Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Penamacor, Penamacor, Castelo Branco, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 249584
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249584.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Penamacor, Penamacor, Castelo Branco, Portugal": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Canchal Da Terrinha Mine
Ceife Mine (Palão Mine)
Pinheiro Mine
Portela No. 1 Mine

Latitude: 40°8'5"N
Longitude: 7°11'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.134722222222,-7.1941666666667

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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Digenite	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Acanthite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe Mg O Pb S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Digenite None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	98871	2793
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	98871	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	98869	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	98870	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	98871	5516
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	98869	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	98871	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	98871	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	98871	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	98871	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	98871	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	98870,98871,98872	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	98869	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	98869,98870,98871	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	98869,98870,98871,98872	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	98870	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	98871,98872	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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