Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sines, Sines, Setúbal, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 252184
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252184.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sines, Sines, Setúbal, Portugal": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Eira Velha Mine
Herdade Da Tanganheira Mine
Herdade De Bem Parece E Ferrenho And Pedra Longa Da Cabeça Da Cabra Mines
Monte Chãos Quarry
São Torpes Mine

Latitude: 37°52'46"N
Longitude: 8°46'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.879444444444,-8.7666666666667

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	None	Not in a structural group
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	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: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Corundum Feldspar Garnet None Not in a structural group
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	100179	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	100179	2162
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	100176	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	100179	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	100180	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	100176	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	100179	1756
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	100179	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	100179	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	100176	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	100179	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	100177,100178	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	100180	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	100180	14899
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	100177,100178	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	100176,100177,100178,100179,100180	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	100176	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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