Mineral Evolution Database

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 46432
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46432.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aljustrel Mine, Aljustrel, Aljustrel, Beja, Portugal": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Algares Deposit
Estação Deposit
Feitais Deposit
Moinho Deposit
São João Deposit

Latitude: 37°52'31"N
Longitude: 8°9'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.875277777778,-8.1644444444444

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.

Alunite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Cobaltite
Copiapite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Halotrichite
Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Copper ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Natrojarosite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Rhomboclase ()*	Schwertmannite ()*	Siderite ()*	Siderotil ()*
Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Cobaltite
Copiapite Copper Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Halotrichite
Marcasite Melanterite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Stilpnomelane Sulphur Tetrahedrite

40 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	359	299	1	98128	8803
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	352	352	1	98126	272
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	359	299	1	98128	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	359	299	1	98128	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	359	299	1	98128	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	359	299	2	98128,98129	11547
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	359	299	2	98128,98129	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	359	299	2	98128,98129	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	359	299	3	98126,98128,98129	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	359	299	1	98128	577
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	359	299	1	98128	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	359	299	1	98128	966
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	352	352	1	98126	382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	419	299	1	98130	3846
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	359	299	2	98128,98129	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	359	299	1	98128	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	359	299	2	98128,98129	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	359	299	1	98128	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	359	299	2	98126,98128	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	352	320	2	98126,98129	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	359	299	1	98128	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	359	299	1	98128	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	359	299	1	98128	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	352	352	1	98126	915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	359	299	1	98128	17380
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	352	352	1	98126	254
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	352	352	1	98126	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	359	299	3	98126,98128,98129	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	359	299	2	98128,98129	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	359	299	1	98128	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	359	299	1	98128	969
Rhomboclase ()*	Not in a structural group	(H₅O₂)Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂·2H₂O	352	352	1	98126	53
Schwertmannite ()*	Coronadite	Fe³⁺₁₆O₁₆(OH)_9.6(SO₄)_3.2·10H₂O	352	352	1	98126	37
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	359	299	1	98128	6417
Siderotil ()*	Chalcanthite	Fe(SO₄)·5H₂O	352	352	1	98126	84
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	359	299	1	98128	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	359	299	2	98128,98129	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	359	299	1	98128	456
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	352	320	0		2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	359	299	2	98128,98129	5317

6 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	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Jen_0000392	354.3	350.5	352.4±1.9	U-Pb	age of volcanism	high	zircon	98-TB-007	Zircon		46431	Algares Deposit, Aljustrel Mine, Aljustrel, Aljustrel, Beja, Portugal	Algares Deposit	Barrie et al. (2002)	10.1007/s00126-002-0302-7	MD37_684	Age of VMS mineralization in Aljustrel district
vms-00730	352	352	Cambrian							S	46431	Algares Deposit, Aljustrel Mine, Aljustrel, Aljustrel, Beja, Portugal	Algares	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00733	359	299	Carboniferous								247217	Estação Deposit, Aljustrel Mine, Aljustrel, Aljustrel, Beja, Portugal	Estaçao	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00734	359	299	Carboniferous								26991	Feitais Deposit, Aljustrel Mine, Aljustrel, Aljustrel, Beja, Portugal	Fretais	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00738	320	320	Carboniferous							S	46429	Moinho Deposit, Aljustrel Mine, Aljustrel, Aljustrel, Beja, Portugal	Moinho	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00742	419	299	Devonian-Carboniferous								46430	São João Deposit, Aljustrel Mine, Aljustrel, Aljustrel, Beja, Portugal	San João	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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