Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Évora, Portugal

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 495

mindat Locality ID: 46617
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46617.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Évora, Portugal": 114
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 71

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Alandroal
Arraiolos
Borba
Estremoz
Évora
Montemor-o-Novo
Mora
Mourão
Portel
Redondo
Reguengos De Monsaraz
Vendas Novas
Viana Do Alentejo
Vila Viçosa

Latitude: 38°35'23"N
Longitude: 7°44'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.589722222222,-7.7341666666667

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bismutite
Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Chenevixite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copiapite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cyanotrichite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Garnet	Gypsum	Iron
Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Plancheite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur	Symplesite	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline
Turquoise	Vesuvianite	Vivianite	Wavellite

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bismutite
Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Chenevixite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copiapite
Copper Corundum Covellite Cyanotrichite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Garnet Gypsum Iron
Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Plancheite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Sulphur Symplesite Tetrahedrite Tourmaline
Turquoise Vesuvianite Vivianite Wavellite

92 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anilite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beyerite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Calcite ()*
Camérolaite ()*	Ceruleite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chalcosiderite ()*	Chenevixite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Copiapite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Cuprobismutite ()*	Cuprotungstite ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Emplectite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*	Ferrisymplesite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Jarosite ()*
Lavendulan ()*	Libethenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mansfieldite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Opal ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Parasymplesite ()*	Plancheite ()*	Planerite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*	Reichenbachite ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Scorodite ()*
Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Strengite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Taenite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Torbernite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Turquoise ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wavellite ()*	Waylandite ()*	Wittichenite ()*
Wüstite ()*	Zapatalite ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	99071	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	99003	1534
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄			1	99092	88
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	99092	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			2	99050,99052	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	541	495	6	99001,99012,99059,99069,99080,99092	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			7	99001,99005,99022,99027,99058,99067,99092	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	541	495	2	99046,99069	11547
Beyerite ()*	Bismutite	CaBi₂O₂(CO₃)₂			1	99092	96
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	99092	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	99092	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	99092	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			2	99001,99092	1633
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O			3	99001,99027,99092	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	541	495	18	99007,99013,99015,99016,99017,99022,99044,99053,99058,99069,99072,99088,99089,99092,99093,99094,99097,99098	27770
Camérolaite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₆Al₃(OH)₁₈(H₂O)₂[Sb(OH)₆](SO₄)			1	99001	15
Ceruleite ()*	None	CuAl₄(AsO₄)₂(OH)₈(H₂O)₄			1	99012	19
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			3	99001,99012,99092	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			6	99001,99012,99022,99084,99085,99092	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	541	495	27	98993,98994,98995,98996,98999,99001,99002,99012,99019,99022,99024,99027,99028,99030,99031,99051,99052,99057,99058,99059,99064,99067,99069,99083,99084,99085,99092	27198
Chalcosiderite ()*	Turquoise	CuFe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O			2	99001,99092	77
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂			1	99012	90
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	99071	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			3	99030,99058,99092	3531
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			1	99058	966
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O			2	99053,99092	382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			3	99001,99012,99092	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			3	99012,99027,99092	4165
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			1	99001	310
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			4	98999,99001,99012,99092	2970
Cuprobismutite ()*	None	Cu₈AgBi₁₃S₂₄			1	99092	43
Cuprotungstite ()*	None	Cu²⁺₃(WO₄)₂(OH)₂			1	99058	67
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	99092	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆			1	99092	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			11	99001,99007,99013,99016,99017,99019,99053,99089,99093,99094,99097	9895
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂			1	99092	246
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	99003,99053	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	99058	814
Ferrisymplesite ()*	Symplesite	Fe³⁺₃(AsO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O			1	99001	21
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	541	495	6	99012,99019,99028,99057,99069,99072	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			10	98999,99001,99007,99012,99022,99053,99057,99058,99092,99093	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	99080,99092	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	99092	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			2	99001,99092	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			1	99058	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			16	98987,98989,98990,98991,99001,99012,99015,99016,99036,99051,99052,99058,99071,99077,99093,99095	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	541	495	1	99069	1689
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	99071	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	98997	1089
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	99001	2228
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O			1	99058	149
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)			4	99001,99012,99022,99092	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	541	495	11	98997,99031,99036,99043,99045,99049,99050,99051,99052,99069,99071	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			17	98999,99001,99002,99005,99012,99022,99027,99031,99058,99059,99064,99067,99084,99085,99092,99093,99098	12537
Mansfieldite ()*	None	Al(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	99001	42
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	541	495	2	99012,99069	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			4	99034,99038,99051,99053	17380
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)			2	99001,99012	492
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	99012	2994
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			1	99092	767
Parasymplesite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	99001	124
Plancheite ()*	Plancheite	Cu₈(Si₄O₁₁)₂(OH)₄·H₂O			1	99058	74
Planerite ()*	Turquoise	Al₆(PO₄)₂(PO₃OH)₂(OH)₈·4H₂O			1	99092	43
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄			5	98999,99001,99022,99030,99092	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	541	495	34	98993,98994,98995,98996,98999,99001,99005,99007,99009,99012,99016,99022,99028,99031,99036,99040,99043,99049,99050,99051,99052,99053,99057,99058,99059,99069,99072,99080,99084,99085,99092,99094,99097,99098	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			4	98987,98988,98992,99095	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	541	495	4	99031,99043,99069,99071	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	541	495	45	98987,98988,98989,98990,98991,98992,98993,98994,98995,98996,98999,99001,99002,99003,99005,99009,99012,99015,99019,99022,99023,99024,99027,99028,99030,99031,99034,99038,99046,99053,99057,99059,99064,99067,99069,99071,99077,99080,99083,99084,99085,99092,99093,99094,99098	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O			1	99001	177
Reichenbachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄			2	99022,99092	26
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			2	99055,99092	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	99058	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	99038	2705
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P			1	98997	374
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	99012	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			3	98999,99012,99057	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	541	495	1	99069	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	541	495	8	99019,99050,99057,99069,99072,99093,99097,99098	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			2	99046,99080	3418
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O			1	99092	263
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	99001	2045
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	98997	703
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	541	495	3	99001,99057,99069	5317
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	99030	1059
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	99053,99071	2562
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O			2	99001,99092	484
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	99041	1395
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O			2	99001,99092	374
Waylandite ()*	Alunite	BiAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	99092	31
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃			1	99092	297
Wüstite ()*	Rocksalt	FeO			1	98997	74
Zapatalite ()*	None	Cu₃Al₄(PO₄)₃(OH)₉·4H₂O			1	99092	7

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
	vms-00731	541	495	Cambrian											46745	Algares Mine, Portel, Portel, Évora, Portugal	Algares	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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