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Locality Name:
Feitais Deposit, Aljustrel Mine, Aljustrel, Aljustrel, Beja, Portugal

Oldest recorded age at locality: 419
Youngest recorded age at locality: 299

mindat Locality ID: 26991
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26991.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Feitais Deposit, Aljustrel Mine, Aljustrel, Aljustrel, Beja, Portugal": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°52'21"N
Longitude: 8°9'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.8725,-8.1561111111111
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 Ba C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCobaltiteCorundumDiaspore
FeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumMarcasiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RhodoniteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStilpnomelaneTetrahedrite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)35929908803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO235929902162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)235929903092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS35929909052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)359299011547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS335929901089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)359299027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2359299027198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)83592990577
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)835929901756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS3592990966
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)235929909895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF235929909617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS359299024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)35929907437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O35929906890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3359299014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4359299014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS235929905674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2359299017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2359299039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2359299061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)35929901711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)3592990969
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)35929906417
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)335929901214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS359299021482
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O3592990456
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1335929905317


4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Jen_0000392354.3350.5352.4±1.9U-Pbage of volcanismhighzircon98-TB-007 YesZircon  46431Algares Deposit, Aljustrel Mine, Aljustrel, Aljustrel, Beja, PortugalAlgares DepositBarrie et al. (2002)10.1007/s00126-002-0302-7MD37_684Age of VMS mineralization in Aljustrel district
vms-00733359299Carboniferous     Yes  247217Estação Deposit, Aljustrel Mine, Aljustrel, Aljustrel, Beja, PortugalEstaçaoMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-00734359299Carboniferous        26991Feitais Deposit, Aljustrel Mine, Aljustrel, Aljustrel, Beja, PortugalFretaisMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-00742419299Devonian-Carboniferous     Yes  46430São João Deposit, Aljustrel Mine, Aljustrel, Aljustrel, Beja, PortugalSan JoãoMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

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