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Locality Name:
Sortelha, Sabugal, Guarda, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 249661
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249661.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sortelha, Sabugal, Guarda, Portugal": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Pedreiros Mine
Quarta-Feira

Latitude: 40°20'57"N
Longitude: 7°12'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.349166666667,-7.2063888888889
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 As Au Ca Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteArsenopyriteAutuniteChalcopyriteCopperFluoriteNonePhosphuranylitePyrite
QuartzRocksalt

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Libethenite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sabugalite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1994599052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O599456,99458,99459,99460,994611272
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41994605516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2299459,9946027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1994603531
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS19945924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu19946030554
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)199460234
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O199460443
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O199459182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2299459,9946039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO219946061156
Sabugalite  (*)NoneHAl(UO2)4(PO4)4·16H2O19945887
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O599456,99458,99459,99460,994611059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2299458,994592718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O199459890
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O199458185


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