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Locality Name:
Torre De Moncorvo, Bragança, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 56174
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56174.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Torre De Moncorvo, Bragança, Portugal": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Carviçais
Felgar
Felgueiras
Horta Da Vilariça
Larinho
Lousa
Mós
Torre De Moncorvo

Latitude: 41°10'40"N
Longitude: 7°'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.177777777778,-7.0088888888889

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 Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cl O P Pb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantiteChalcopyriteChloriteClay
CopperCorundumDiasporeFeldsparLazuliteLinariteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTurquoiseWavellite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Copper  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kidwellite  (*)
Lazulite  (*)Lechatelierite  (*)Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Scorzalite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strengite  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Variscite  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1986118803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21986082162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51986281310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1986262734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS298622,986249052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21986265509
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61986261633
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O298611,98616280
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21986245171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)298609,986264979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2298609,9862627198
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O19861177
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8198611577
Copper  (*)CopperCu1986263846
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1986112740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS298609,9862624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)498611,98616,98626,986287437
Gold  (*)CopperAu19860930554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3498611,98616,98618,9862814640
Kidwellite  (*)NoneNaFe3+9+x(PO4)6(OH)11·3H2O (x ≈ 0.33)298611,9861653
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2198611232
Lechatelierite  (*)AmorphousSiO219862062
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2198626987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4498611,98616,98618,9862814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)219862612537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2398611,98618,9862817380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2598609,98611,98618,98626,9862839462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2898609,98611,98616,98618,98622,98624,98626,9862861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2298609,986265614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1986224894
Scorzalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2298611,9861260
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS19860921482
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O498608,98611,98612,98616263
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O198616484
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O298611,98616301
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O398608,98611,98616374



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