Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Braga, Portugal

Oldest recorded age at locality: 305
Youngest recorded age at locality: 297

mindat Locality ID: 48146
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48146.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Braga, Portugal": 81
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 45

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Amares
Barcelos
Braga
Cabeceiras De Basto
Celorico De Basto
Esposende
Fafe
Guimarães
Póvoa De Lanhoso
Terras De Bouro
Vieira Do Minho
Vila Nova De Famalicão
Vila Verde
Vizela

Latitude: 41°31'59"N
Longitude: 8°19'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.533055555556,-8.3241666666667

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.

Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Diaspore	Feldspar	Garnet
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bariopharmacosiderite ()*
Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Elbaite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*	Microcline ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Topaz ()*	Yanomamite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H In K Li Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Arsenopyrite Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper Diaspore Feldspar Garnet
Mica None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Phenakite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Topaz Tourmaline Zircon

41 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)			5	98380,98405,98411,98412,98415	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	98380	2353
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F			1	98412	244
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	305	297	11	98358,98364,98374,98376,98377,98387,98390,98392,98403,98431,98433	9052
Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	Ba_0.5Fe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·5H₂O			1	98377	150
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂			1	98412	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			4	98405,98410,98411,98412	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	98433	1935
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	305	297	8	98366,98374,98387,98411,98418,98420,98427,98431	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	98376,98433	27198
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆			1	98412	518
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆			1	98411	289
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	98411	520
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)			2	98377,98403	551
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	98377	2740
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄			1	98412	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	98433	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	98368,98377	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	98358,98433	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			2	98424,98426	2812
Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂W₂O₆(H₂O)			1	98403	57
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			6	98380,98403,98405,98411,98412,98415	4924
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)			1	98412	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			5	98380,98403,98411,98412,98415	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			3	98380,98395,98405	2349
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O			1	98403	428
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)			1	98411	326
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			8	98364,98376,98377,98380,98387,98390,98403,98433	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	98379	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			23	98360,98362,98364,98368,98376,98380,98387,98390,98392,98397,98399,98400,98403,98405,98407,98410,98411,98412,98415,98418,98420,98422,98427	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	98403	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			4	98362,98380,98411,98415	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			4	98376,98377,98403,98433	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			3	98376,98377,98433	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆			1	98412	688
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	98358	3418
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆			1	98412	99
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆			1	98411	211
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	98411	1476
Yanomamite ()*	None	In(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	98376	2
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	98411	5251

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
	Bradley_2012_151	305	297	301±4	U/Pb			columbite, tantalite							262928	Vieiros Mine, Cabreiros, Braga, Braga, Portugal	Vieiros Pegm	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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