Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Mértola, Mértola, Beja, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 252383
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252383.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mértola, Mértola, Beja, Portugal": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Cêrro Da Horta Mine
Cerro Da Lombada Mine
Cerro Do Ouro - Herdade Dos Namorados Mine
Cêrro Gordo Mine
Corga Da Mula Mine
Fonte De António Medeiro Mine
Fonte Dos Barbaços Mine
Namorados
Poço Moreno Mine
Quinhão Do Monte Branco Mine
Serrinho Da Azinheira Mine
Umbria Do Cerro Da Lombada Mine

Latitude: 37°38'47"N
Longitude: 7°39'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.646388888889,-7.665

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	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: Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Diaspore Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	98273	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	98273	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5	98266,98270,98273,98274,98275	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	98270,98273,98274	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	98273	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	98273	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	98270	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	98270,98274	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	98269,98270,98271,98273,98274,98276	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	98274	7437
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	98270	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	98274	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	5	98265,98267,98268,98273,98277	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	12	98265,98266,98267,98268,98269,98270,98271,98273,98274,98275,98276,98277	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	98270,98273,98274	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	98273	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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