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Locality Name:
Santa Maria Da Devesa, Castelo De Vide, Portalegre, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 249689
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249689.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Maria Da Devesa, Castelo De Vide, Portalegre, Portugal": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Branco David Quarry
Santa Maria Da Devesa Phosphorite Mines

Latitude: 39°28'0"N
Longitude: 7°25'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.466666666667,-7.4272222222222
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 Be Ca Cu F Fe H K Na O P S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArsenopyriteBerylClayFeldsparMicaNonePyriteQuartzSpinel
Tourmaline

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Beryl  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)
Torbernite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1998328803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1998339052
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181998324286
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1998335707
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1998322740
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O419983314899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)219983217380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2299832,9983339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2299832,9983361156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1998322705
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1998331059


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