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:
Fundão, Castelo Branco, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 46333
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46333.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fundão, Castelo Branco, Portugal": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Alcaide
Atalaia Do Campo
Barroca
Capinha
Castelejo
Fatela
Fundão
Janeiro De Cima
Lavacolhos
Pero Viseu
Salgueiro
Silvares
Telhado
Vale De Prazeres

Latitude: 40°8'22"N
Longitude: 7°30'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.139444444444,-7.5011111111111

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.

Corundum	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel

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: Fe O Pb S Si Sn Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Corundum None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Cassiterite ()*	Galena ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	7	98791,98796,98801,98805,98808,98810,98812	5171
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	98817	24243
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	98791,98805	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	98803	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	98805	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	12	98789,98796,98797,98799,98801,98803,98808,98810,98811,98812,98813,98817	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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