Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
São Domingos Mine, Corte Do Pinto, Mértola, Beja, Portugal

Oldest recorded age at locality: 359
Youngest recorded age at locality: 299

mindat Locality ID: 2592
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2592.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "São Domingos Mine, Corte Do Pinto, Mértola, Beja, Portugal": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°40'10"N
Longitude: 7°29'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.669444444444,-7.4977777777778

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.

Alunite	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Connellite	Copiapite	Copper
Coquimbite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epsomite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Hexahydrite	Malachite	Melanterite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Starkeyite	Sulphur

Alunogen ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Claudetite ()*	Connellite ()*
Copiapite ()*	Copper ()*	Coquimbite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Ferricopiapite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hexahydrite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Langite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Malachite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Paracoquimbite ()*	Poitevinite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rozenite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Connellite Copiapite Copper
Coquimbite Corundum Diaspore Epsomite Gypsum Halotrichite Hexahydrite Malachite Melanterite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Starkeyite Sulphur

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	359	299	272
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	359	299	2734
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	359	299	231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	359	299	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	359	299	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	359	299	1633
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	359	299	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	359	299	27198
Claudetite ()*	None	As₂O₃	359	299	35
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	359	299	295
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	359	299	382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	359	299	3846
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	359	299	136
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	359	299	484
Ferricopiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe³⁺_0.67Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	359	299	41
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	359	299	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	359	299	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	359	299	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	359	299	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	359	299	14640
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	359	299	251
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	359	299	2228
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	359	299	593
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	359	299	265
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	359	299	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	359	299	915
Paracoquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	359	299	30
Poitevinite ()*	None	Cu(SO₄)·H₂O	359	299	13
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	359	299	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	359	299	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	359	299	293
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	359	299	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	359	299	2045

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00741	359	299	Carboniferous											2592	São Domingos Mine, Corte Do Pinto, Mértola, Beja, Portugal	San Domingos	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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