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:
Braçal Mining Complex (Braçal Mines), Sever Do Vouga, Aveiro, Portugal

Oldest recorded age at locality: 405
Youngest recorded age at locality: 270

mindat Locality ID: 46302
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46302.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Braçal Mining Complex (Braçal Mines), Sever Do Vouga, Aveiro, Portugal": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Braçal Slag Locality

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gypsum ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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 Cl Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe Mg O P Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Fluorite Gypsum Malachite Marcasite Nickeline
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Wurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	405	270	1	98049	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	405	270	0		3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	405	270	1	98049	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	405	270	0		11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	405	270	1	98049	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	405	270	0		4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	405	270	0		27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	405	270	0		9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	405	270	0		9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	405	270	0		24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	405	270	1	98049	6890
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	405	270	1	98049	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	405	270	0		5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	405	270	0		39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	405	270	0		1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	405	270	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	405	270	0		61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	405	270	0		6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	405	270	0		21482
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	405	270	0		372

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Kristen002524	405	270	Hercynian Orogeny							Yes			Pb, Zn, Cu, Ag	46301	Aveiro, Portugal	Aviero District	Marques de Sá et al. (2014)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.03.001	OGR62_54	studied depoists correspond to veins emplaced in E-W fractures, generated late relatively to the Hercynian orogeny

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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