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Locality Name:
Porto, Portugal

Oldest recorded age at locality: 305
Youngest recorded age at locality: 297

mindat Locality ID: 46322
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46322.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Porto, Portugal": 120
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 70

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Amarante
Baião
Espinho
Felgueiras
Gondomar
Lousada
Maia
Marco De Canavezes
Matosinhos
Paços De Ferreira
Paredes
Penafiel
Porto
Póvoa De Varzim
Santo Tirso
Trofa
Valongo
Vila Do Conde
Vila Nova De Gaia

Latitude: 41°13'31"N
Longitude: 8°25'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.225277777778,-8.4277777777778
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: Ag Al As Au B Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAndalusiteApatiteArsenicArseniosideriteArsenoliteArsenopyriteAutuniteBerthieriteBeryl
CalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiasporeEpidoteGarnetKlebelsbergite
LepidocrociteMeta-autuniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartz
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteStauroliteStibniteSulphurTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineTriplite
Wollastonite

52 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andalusite  (*)Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Autunite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Cervantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coquandite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Ferronigerite-2N1S  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Heteromorphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kermesite  (*)
Klebelsbergite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Metastibnite  (*)
Mitridatite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Salammoniac  (*)Schorl  (*)Senarmontite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Triplite  (*)
Valentinite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3052971999822793
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)33052971999192353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5305297399925,99964,999771310
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb305297299940,99945363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3052972499893,99898,99900,99902,99909,99911,99914,99916,99924,99925,99927,99929,99933,99938,99945,99946,99971,99975,99977,99980,99982,100003,100004,1000099052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O3052971999181272
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4305297499938,99941,99945,99980343
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O183052971999644286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi3052971999771966
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO23052971799893,99895,99896,99898,99900,99902,99906,99909,99911,99914,99916,99921,99924,99925,99927,99929,999715171
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4305297399941,99943,99992352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2305297299977,9998227198
Coquandite  (*)NoneSb3+6+xO8+x(SO4)(OH)x(H2O)1-x (x = 0.3)30529719994110
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23052971999409895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3052971999648173
Ferronigerite-2N1S  (*)None(Al,Fe,Zn)2(Al,Sn)6O11(OH)305297299923,9992514
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F3052971999642740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS305297499946,99975,99977,9998224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)305297399945,99987,999927437
Gold  (*)CopperAu3052971599933,99938,99941,99942,99943,99945,99946,99975,99977,99980,99982,99998,100001,100003,10000430554
Graphite  (*)NoneC3052971999772812
Heteromorphite  (*)NonePb7Sb8S19305297299933,9999238
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3305297399902,99909,999645433
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14305297199933784
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS2305297499933,99940,99945,99992230
Klebelsbergite  (*)KlebelsbergiteSb3+4O4(SO4)(OH)230529719994116
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4305297299948,999641507
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)305297199987581
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O305297199918388
Metastibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S330529719994187
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O305297199925129
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS230529711000095800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2305297399925,99964,9997717380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23052972899893,99898,99900,99902,99909,99911,99914,99916,99924,99925,99927,99929,99932,99933,99938,99940,99945,99946,99949,99971,99975,99977,99980,99982,99992,100003,100004,10000939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83052971999779056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23052974699893,99895,99896,99898,99900,99902,99906,99909,99911,99914,99916,99918,99920,99923,99924,99925,99927,99929,99932,99933,99938,99940,99942,99943,99945,99946,99949,99951,99964,99967,99968,99969,99971,99973,99975,99977,99980,99987,99992,99998,100000,100001,100002,100003,100004,10000961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2305297299925,999645614
Salammoniac  (*)None(NH4)Cl305297199953105
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)3052971999642705
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O3305297299941,99945179
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3052971999926417
Silver  (*)CopperAg3052971999335186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS305297799933,99943,99977,99980,99982,99998,10000121482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)305297299919,99934978
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)305297199941446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S33052972199933,99938,99940,99941,99942,99943,99945,99946,99949,99951,99967,99968,99969,99973,99975,99980,99992,99998,100000,100001,1000023418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS305297299953,999922045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13305297299938,999415317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O3052971999644899
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F305297199964233
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3305297399941,99945,99992369
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO33052971999221247


1 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
Bradley_2012_151305297301±4U/Pb columbite, tantalite  Yes  262928Vieiros Mine, Cabreiros, Braga, Braga, PortugalVieiros PegmMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R120083Seixoso Mine, Borba De Godim, Felgueiras, Porto, Portugalhttps://rruff.info/R120083

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