Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Salto, Montalegre, Vila Real, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 249810
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249810.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Salto, Montalegre, Vila Real, Portugal": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Borralha Mines
Borralha Mining Field
Fontanelas And Ameal Mines
Monte Da Alvorada Mine

Latitude: 41°38'32"N
Longitude: 7°57'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.642222222222,-7.95

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite
Stibnite	Tungstite	Zinkenite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Meymacite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Tungstite ()*	Zinkenite ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Beryl Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite
Stibnite Tungstite Zinkenite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	100439	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	100439	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	100439	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	100439	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	100442	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	100439	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	100439	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	100439	5516
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	100440,100441	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	100439	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	100439,100440	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	100439	1756
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	100439	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	100439	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	100439	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	100439	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	100439	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	100439	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	100439	14640
Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂W₂O₆(H₂O)	1	100439	57
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	100439	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	100439	5674
Meymacite ()*	None	WO₃·2H₂O	1	100439	10
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	100439,100440	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	100439	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	100439,100440	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	100439,100440	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	100439,100440,100442	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	100439,100440	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	100439	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	100439,100440	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	100439	668
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O	1	100439	118
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	1	100439	228

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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