Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sitio Do Cobre Mine, Ingadanais Mines, Tostão, Vila Velha De Rodão, Castelo Branco, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 246109
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246109.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sitio Do Cobre Mine, Ingadanais Mines, Tostão, Vila Velha De Rodão, Castelo Branco, Portugal": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Slag Dumps

Latitude: 39°41'11"N
Longitude: 7°39'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.686388888889,-7.6594444444444

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.

Amorphous	Andalusite	Brochantite	Connellite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz

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 C Cl Cu Fe H O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Cu Fe H O P Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Andalusite Brochantite Connellite Malachite None Not in a structural group Quartz

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Antlerite ()*	Azurite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Clinoclase ()*
Connellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Olivenite ()*
Opal ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	1	98896	246
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	98896	1633
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	0		280
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃	0		127
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	98896	295
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	98896	2970
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	0		234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	0		492
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	0		2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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