Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Azinheira Dos Barros E São Mamede Do Sádão, Grândola, Setúbal, Portugal

Oldest recorded age at locality: 320
Youngest recorded age at locality: 320

mindat Locality ID: 249746
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249746.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Azinheira Dos Barros E São Mamede Do Sádão, Grândola, Setúbal, Portugal": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cerro Dos Arneirões Mine
Lousal Mine
Sitio Do Montado Mine

Latitude: 38°4'22"N
Longitude: 8°26'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.072777777778,-8.4344444444444

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	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Copper	Diaspore	Gypsum	Löllingite
Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

Baryte ()*	Bournonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*
Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Safflorite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: As Au Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Copper Diaspore Gypsum Löllingite
Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	320	320	1	100104	11547
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	320	320	1	100104	1089
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	320	320	3	100103,100104,100105	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	320	320	1	100104	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	320	320	1	100104	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	320	320	1	100104	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	320	320	1	100104	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	320	320	1	100104	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	320	320	1	100104	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	320	320	1	100104	6890
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	320	320	1	100104	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	320	320	1	100104	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	320	320	1	100104	915
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	320	320	3	100103,100104,100105	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	320	320	1	100104	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	320	320	1	100104	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	320	320	3	100103,100104,100105	61156
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	320	320	1	100104	317
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	320	320	1	100104	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	320	320	1	100104	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	320	320	1	100104	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00737	320	320	Carboniferous										S	46421	Lousal Mine, Azinheira Dos Barros E São Mamede Do Sádão, Grândola, Setúbal, Portugal	Lousal	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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