Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Salgadinho Mine, Cercal, Santiago Do Cacém, Setúbal, Portugal

Oldest recorded age at locality: 340
Youngest recorded age at locality: 340

mindat Locality ID: 204949
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204949.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Salgadinho Mine, Cercal, Santiago Do Cacém, Setúbal, Portugal": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°46'31"N
Longitude: 8°38'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.775277777778,-8.6494444444444

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.

Bournonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Bournonite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	340	340	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	340	340	3092
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	340	340	1089
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	340	340	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	340	340	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	340	340	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	340	340	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	340	340	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	340	340	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	340	340	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	340	340	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00740	340	340	Devonian-Carboniferous										S	204949	Salgadinho Mine, Cercal, Santiago Do Cacém, Setúbal, Portugal	Salgadinho	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

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