Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cercal, Santiago Do Cacém, Setúbal, Portugal

Oldest recorded age at locality: 340
Youngest recorded age at locality: 340

mindat Locality ID: 46852
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46852.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cercal, Santiago Do Cacém, Setúbal, Portugal": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Cerro Da Fonte Santa Mine
Cerro Do Pinheiro Da Bela Vista Mine
Fonte Santa De Baixo Mine
Geralda Mine
Herdade Da Mandurelha Mine
Salgadinho Mine
Serra Da Mina Mine
Serra Das Tulhas Mine
Serra Do Lagar Da Bela Vista Mine
Serra Do Rosalgar Mine
Toca Do Mocho Mine

Latitude: 37°47'18"N
Longitude: 8°40'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.788333333333,-8.6744444444444

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	Baryte	Bournonite	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum
Diaspore	Feldspar	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bournonite ()*	Braunite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Corkite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Groutite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ramsdellite ()*	Siderite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Bournonite Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Coronadite Corundum
Diaspore Feldspar Lepidocrocite Malachite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Ramsdellite Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

28 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)	340	340	1	100122	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	340	340	1	100122	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			4	100121,100123,100124,100127	11547
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	340	340	1	100122	1089
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)			1	100123	483
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	340	340	1	100122	27198
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆			1	100123	151
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			3	100121,100123,100126	599
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	340	340	1	100122	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			10	100117,100118,100119,100120,100121,100123,100124,100125,100126,100127	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	340	340	1	100122	30554
Groutite ()*	Diaspore	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	100127	72
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			3	100123,100124,100126	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	100123	2228
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)			2	100123,100127	581
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	100121,100123	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			2	100121,100127	770
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	340	340	1	100122	17380
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			1	100123	170
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	100123	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	340	340	1	100122	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			10	100117,100118,100119,100120,100121,100123,100124,100125,100126,100127	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	340	340	5	100122,100123,100124,100126,100127	61156
Ramsdellite ()*	Ramsdellite	MnO₂			1	100121	88
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	100121	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	100121	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	340	340	1	100122	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	340	340	1	100122	5317

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-00740	340	340	Devonian-Carboniferous										S	204949	Salgadinho Mine, Cercal, Santiago Do Cacém, Setúbal, Portugal	Salgadinho	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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