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Locality Name:
Terramonte Mine, Raiva, Castelo De Paiva, Aveiro, Portugal

Oldest recorded age at locality: 405
Youngest recorded age at locality: 270

mindat Locality ID: 55570
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55570.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Terramonte Mine, Raiva, Castelo De Paiva, Aveiro, Portugal": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°1'53"N
Longitude: 8°19'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.031388888889,-8.3197222222222
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 C Cl Cu Fe H K Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Cl Cu Fe H K Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBournoniteChalcopyriteClayCoronaditeDiasporeMarcasite
MicaNickelineNonePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteTetrahedrite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Freieslebenite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Miargyrite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Semseyite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S40527002793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS40527009052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS440527005516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S114052700843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS340527001089
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)40527004979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2405270027198
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O164052700227
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S84052700126
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S124052700663
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS34052700105
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS405270024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)40527007437
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S144052700784
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS240527005674
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS24052700300
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl40527001107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2405270017380
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]4052700716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS340527001425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2405270039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl40527001725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S840527009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2405270061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO240527005614
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S214052700165
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS405270021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1340527005317


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kristen002524405270Hercynian Orogeny     Yes Pb, Zn, Cu, Ag46301Aveiro, PortugalAviero DistrictMarques de Sá et al. (2014)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.03.001OGR62_54studied depoists correspond to veins emplaced in E-W fractures, generated late relatively to the Hercynian orogeny

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