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Locality Name:
Penela Da Beira, Penedono, Viseu, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 261659
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-261659.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Vieiros Mine

Latitude: 41°0'43"N
Longitude: 7°24'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.011944444444,-7.4083333333333
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: Al As Au Bi Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteClayCopperMicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteStibnite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11007139052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11007131966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311007131935
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS110071324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu110071330554
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110071317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110071339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811007139056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110071361156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11007131153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS110071321482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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