Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Covas, Vila Nova De Cerveira, Viana Do Castelo, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 50862
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50862.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Covas, Vila Nova De Cerveira, Viana Do Castelo, Portugal": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Aplito-pegmatitic Area
Cabeço Do Meio-Dia Mine
Fervença Mine
Fraga Mine
Lapa Grande Mine
Serra De Covas - Chãos E Penedo Do Outão Mines
Valdarcas Mine

Latitude: 41°52'21"N
Longitude: 8°42'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.8725,-8.7036111111111

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rockbridgeite	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Strunzite	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite	Vivianite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*
Hematite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rockbridgeite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strengite ()*	Strunzite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Vivianite ()*

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 B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rockbridgeite Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Strunzite Tourmaline Vesuvianite Vivianite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# 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	0		3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	100329	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	100323,100329	2353
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4	100325,100326,100327,100329	9052
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	1	100323	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	100329	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	100328,100329	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	100325,100326,100329	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	100329	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	100329	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	4	100324,100325,100326,100329	551
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	100323,100329	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	100323,100324,100329	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	100324	14640
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	100329	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	100325,100326,100329	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	100323,100324,100326,100327,100329	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	100325,100329	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	100323,100325,100326,100327,100328	61156
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅	1	100323	206
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	5	100324,100325,100326,100327,100329	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	3	100323,100324,100329	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	100329	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	100329	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	100325,100326,100327	21482
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	100323	263
Strunzite ()*	Strunzite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	100323	98
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	2	100324,100329	1395
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	100329	636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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