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Locality Name:
Alfarela De Jales, Vila Pouca De Aguiar, Vila Real, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 255349
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255349.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alfarela De Jales, Vila Pouca De Aguiar, Vila Real, Portugal": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Gralheira Mine
Jales Mines (Jales Mining Field)
Moreira De Jales

Latitude: 41°28'1"N
Longitude: 7°34'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.466944444444,-7.5694444444444
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 Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteArthuriteChalcopyriteClayCopperHureauliteMicaNickelineNone
OlivineOwyheeitePhosphosideritePyriteQuartzRockbridgeiteRocksaltSphaleriteStewartiteStibnite
Tetrahedrite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bermanite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Heterosite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Owyheeite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stewartite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11005262793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2100525,1005269052
Bermanite  (*)ArthuriteMn2+Mn3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O110052755
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311005261935
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22100525,10052627198
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121100525663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2100525,10052624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2100525,10052630554
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)1100527204
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O1100527125
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110052517380
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S28110052589
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O1100527182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22100525,10052639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82100525,1005269056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22100525,10052661156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)51100527206
Silver  (*)CopperAg11005255186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2100525,10052621482
Stewartite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O110052748
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132100525,1005265317


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