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Locality Name:
Vila Franca Da Serra, Gouveia, Guarda, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 262096
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-262096.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vila Franca Da Serra, Gouveia, Guarda, Portugal": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Chão Das Poldras Mine
Granite Quarries

Latitude: 40°35'24"N
Longitude: 7°32'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.59,-7.5408333333333
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 B Be Ca F Fe H K Na O P S Si Sn U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AutuniteBerylClayFeldsparFluoriteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RutileTourmaline

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Autunite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schorl  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1992948803
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1992941272
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2199294606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181992944286
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21992935171
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21992949617
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1992941271
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)219929417380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219929439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO219929461156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1992942705


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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