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:
São João Dos Caldeireiros, Mértola, Beja, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 259246
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259246.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "São João Dos Caldeireiros, Mértola, Beja, Portugal": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cerro Da Moita Mine
Cerro Do Monte Mine
Rocha Vermelha Mine

Latitude: 37°38'55"N
Longitude: 7°45'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.648611111111,-7.7619444444444

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Coronadite	None	Quartz	Rutile

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 Fe Mg Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Coronadite None Quartz Rutile

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Hollandite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	98285	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	98285	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	98285	9895
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	98285	243
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	98284,98286	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	98285,98286	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	98285	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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