Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mértola, Beja, Portugal

Oldest recorded age at locality: 359
Youngest recorded age at locality: 299

mindat Locality ID: 47171
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47171.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mértola, Beja, Portugal": 41
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 34

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Alcaria Ruiva
Corte Do Pinto
Mértola
Santana De Cambas
São João Dos Caldeireiros
São Pedro De Solis

Latitude: 37°37'55"N
Longitude: 7°23'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.631944444444,-7.3927777777778

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Aragonite	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite
Connellite	Copiapite	Copper	Coquimbite	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epsomite	Gypsum	Halotrichite
Hexahydrite	Malachite	Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Starkeyite	Sulphur

Alunogen ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Claudetite ()*	Connellite ()*
Copiapite ()*	Copper ()*	Coquimbite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*
Ferricopiapite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Hollandite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Langite ()*
Leadhillite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Opal ()*
Paracoquimbite ()*	Poitevinite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rozenite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Aragonite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite
Connellite Copiapite Copper Coquimbite Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Epsomite Gypsum Halotrichite
Hexahydrite Malachite Melanterite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Starkeyite Sulphur

46 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	359	299	1	98263	272
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	359	299	2	98263,98273	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	98273	3250
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	359	299	1	98263	231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	359	299	1	98263	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			7	98250,98266,98270,98273,98274,98275,98285	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	359	299	1	98263	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	359	299	1	98263	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			4	98270,98273,98274,98285	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	98273	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	359	299	1	98263	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	98273	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	359	299	4	98262,98263,98270,98288	27198
Claudetite ()*	None	As₂O₃	359	299	1	98263	35
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	359	299	2	98263,98288	295
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	359	299	1	98263	382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	359	299	1	98263	3846
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	359	299	1	98263	136
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			3	98270,98274,98285	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	359	299	1	98263	484
Ferricopiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe³⁺_0.67Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	359	299	1	98263	41
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	359	299	8	98262,98263,98269,98270,98271,98273,98274,98276	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	359	299	3	98262,98263,98274	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	359	299	1	98263	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	359	299	1	98263	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	359	299	4	98249,98251,98262,98263	14640
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	359	299	1	98263	251
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆			1	98285	243
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	359	299	1	98263	2228
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	359	299	1	98263	593
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	359	299	1	98263	265
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	359	299	3	98263,98270,98288	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			2	98249,98251	770
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	359	299	1	98263	915
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	98249	2994
Paracoquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	359	299	1	98263	30
Poitevinite ()*	None	Cu(SO₄)·H₂O	359	299	1	98263	13
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	359	299	5	98249,98251,98262,98263,98274	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			22	98249,98250,98251,98252,98253,98254,98255,98256,98257,98258,98259,98260,98265,98267,98268,98273,98277,98280,98281,98282,98284,98286	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	359	299	32	98249,98250,98251,98252,98253,98254,98255,98256,98257,98258,98259,98260,98262,98263,98265,98266,98267,98268,98269,98270,98271,98273,98274,98275,98276,98277,98280,98281,98282,98285,98286,98288	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			2	98249,98251	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			2	98249,98251	969
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	359	299	1	98263	293
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			4	98270,98273,98274,98285	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	359	299	3	98262,98263,98273	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	359	299	1	98263	2045

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-00741	359	299	Carboniferous											2592	São Domingos Mine, Corte Do Pinto, Mértola, Beja, Portugal	San Domingos	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

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