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Locality Name:
Penedono, Penedono, Viseu, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 252832
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252832.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Penedono, Penedono, Viseu, Portugal": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ferronha Mines

Latitude: 40°58'38"N
Longitude: 7°22'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.977222222222,-7.3825
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: Ag Al As Au Bi Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteFeldsparMeloniteMicaNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltStibnite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11007118803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11007119052
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311007111935
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110071127198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11007114165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS110071124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu110071130554
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110071117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110071139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110071161156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11007111153
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe41100711337


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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