Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Vila Nova De Muía, Ponte Da Barca, Viana Do Castelo, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 261880
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-261880.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vila Nova De Muía, Ponte Da Barca, Viana Do Castelo, Portugal": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Muía E Eiros Mine

Latitude: 41°48'39"N
Longitude: 8°23'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.810833333333,-8.3855555555556

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: As Au Ca Fe O S Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCopperNonePyriteQuartzScheelite

5 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Gold  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11002329052
Gold  (*)CopperAu110023230554
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110023239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110023261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11002324894



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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