Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Castanheira, Albergaria Da Serra, Arouca, Aveiro, Portugal

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

mindat Locality ID: 234065
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-234065.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Castanheira, Albergaria Da Serra, Arouca, Aveiro, Portugal": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°51'2"N
Longitude: 8°16'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.850555555556,-8.2830555555556

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.

Clay	Feldspar	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile	Titanite	Zircon

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 Ca H K Na O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H K Na O Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Feldspar Mica None Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile Titanite Zircon

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	405	270	8803
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	405	270	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	405	270	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	405	270	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	405	270	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	405	270	1516
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	405	270	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	405	270	5251

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
	Kristen002524	405	270	Hercynian Orogeny							Yes			Pb, Zn, Cu, Ag	46301	Aveiro, Portugal	Aviero District	Marques de Sá et al. (2014)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.03.001	OGR62_54	studied depoists correspond to veins emplaced in E-W fractures, generated late relatively to the Hercynian orogeny

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