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Locality Name:
Bragança, Bragança, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 49521
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49521.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bragança, Bragança, Portugal": 67
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 46

Number of Child Localities: 23
Child Localities:
Aveleda
Babe
Carrazedo
Castrelos
Coelhoso
Deilão
Donai
França
Gondesende
Gostei
Izeda
Meixedo
Outeiro
Parada
Parâmio
Pinela
Quintanilha
Quintela Das Lâmpadas
Rebordãos
Rio De Onor
Samil
São Pedro De Sarracenos


Latitude: 41°47'20"N
Longitude: 6°45'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.788888888889,-6.75

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Be C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O P Pb Pt S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBerthieriteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClay
ColumbiteCopperCorundumDiasporeFluoriteGarnetIronMalachiteMicaMillerite
NickelineNonePentlanditePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphalerite
SpinelStibniteTalcTitanite

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Berthierite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chamosite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chromium  (*)Enstatite  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Millerite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Siegenite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Talc  (*)
Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31984742353
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1298446,98459,98460,98461,98467,98468,98469,98482,98483,98487,98488,984899052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)498446,98460,98478,9849811547
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4198478343
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18298468,984694286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)398460,98492,9849827770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2998460,98468,98469,98482,98483,98487,98488,98489,984955171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1984924979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1985055707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2898446,98460,98463,98468,98469,98479,98503,9850527198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8198499577
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41498451,98452,98455,98465,98471,98473,98476,98485,98502,98504,98506,98508,98510,985113902
Chromium  (*)IronCr298453,9845726
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6198450944
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)198460551
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21984609617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS698463,98467,98479,98491,98492,9850324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)398446,98467,984997437
Gold  (*)CopperAu398448,98463,9846730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3398448,98498,9849914640
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1984711487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41498451,98452,98453,98455,98465,98471,98473,98476,98502,98504,98506,98508,98510,9851114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2498446,98463,98503,9850512537
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1984711066
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)219846817380
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81984711512
Platinum  (*)CopperPt898452,98453,98455,98473,98502,98506,98510,98511485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21998446,98459,98460,98461,98463,98467,98468,98469,98471,98478,98482,98483,98487,98488,98489,98491,98492,98503,9850539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2298448,985003106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1984921725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81984609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22398446,98448,98459,98460,98461,98463,98467,98468,98469,98478,98479,98480,98482,98483,98487,98488,98489,98491,98494,98497,98499,98503,9850561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21984925614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)498459,98460,98461,984944894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)398467,98498,984996417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4198471249
Silver  (*)CopperAg598467,98478,98480,98491,984925186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS598460,98463,98467,98491,9849221482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31984783418
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2498453,98456,98471,984733337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1985044899



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