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Locality Name:
Ervedosa Mine (Tuela Mine), Ervedosa, Vinhais, Bragança, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 55583
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55583.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ervedosa Mine (Tuela Mine), Ervedosa, Vinhais, Bragança, Portugal": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°43'9"N
Longitude: 7°5'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.719166666667,-7.09

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: Al As B Ca Cu F Fe H Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sn Ta Ti U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Ca Cu F Fe H Mn Na O P S Si Sn Ta Ti U W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArsenopyriteColumbiteCorundumNickelineNonePyriteRutileScheeliteSphalerite
StanniteTourmaline

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Ixiolite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)0551
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Ixiolite  (*)Columbite(Ta2/3Mn2+1/3)O20148
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS40668
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O01059



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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