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Locality Name:
Bejanca Mine (Carvalhal Do Estanho), Queirã, Vouzela, Viseu, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 46567
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46567.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bejanca Mine (Carvalhal Do Estanho), Queirã, Vouzela, Viseu, Portugal": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°42'32"N
Longitude: 8°2'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.708888888889,-8.0391666666667
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 C Cu Fe H K Na O P S Si Sn U W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Cu Fe H K Na O P S Si Sn U W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBrochantiteChalcopyriteClayFeldsparMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRutileSphaleriteStanniteTungstiteTurquoiseWardite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cyrilovite  (*)Malachite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)Stannite  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Tungstite  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O060
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O0443
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS40668
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O01059
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O0118
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O0484


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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