Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
São Miguel De Acha, Idanha-a-Nova, Castelo Branco, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 254561
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254561.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "São Miguel De Acha, Idanha-a-Nova, Castelo Branco, Portugal": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
São Miguel De Acha Mines

Latitude: 40°0'54"N
Longitude: 7°19'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.015,-7.3213888888889

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Mica	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	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 As Cl Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Mica None Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Galena ()*	Mimetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	98843	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	98843	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	98843	24243
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	98843	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	98843	17380
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	98843	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	98843	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	98843	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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