Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Arouca, Aveiro, Portugal

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

mindat Locality ID: 57444
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57444.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arouca, Aveiro, Portugal": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Albergaria Da Serra
Alvarenga
Cabreiros
Canelas E Espiunca
Covelo De Paivó
Freita Mountain
Janarde
Moldes
Serrinha Waste Pile - Pejão Mining Area - Douro Coalfield

Latitude: 40°54'44"N
Longitude: 8°10'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.912222222222,-8.1830555555556

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.

Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Beryl	Blödite	Clay	Covellite	Diaspore	Epsomite	Feldspar
Halotrichite	Hexahydrite	Lepidocrocite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Staurolite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Bertrandite ()*
Beryl ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Blödite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Covellite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Epsomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Staurolite ()*	Sulphur ()*	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 As B Be Bi Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti U W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenopyrite Autunite Beryl Blödite Clay Covellite Diaspore Epsomite Feldspar
Halotrichite Hexahydrite Lepidocrocite Mica None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Staurolite Stibnite Sulphur Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

34 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	405	270	1	97964	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	405	270	3	97963,97965,97978	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	405	270	4	97967,97976,97977,97980	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	405	270	1	97976	1272
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	405	270	1	97976	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	405	270	1	97976	4286
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	405	270	1	97976	450
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	405	270	1	97976	1935
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	405	270	1	97982	130
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	405	270	8	97967,97968,97970,97971,97972,97976,97977,97980	5171
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	405	270	1	97977	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	405	270	1	97963	481
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	405	270	1	97982	484
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	405	270	2	97977,97978	7437
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	405	270	1	97982	251
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	405	270	1	97978	1507
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	405	270	1	97977	581
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	405	270	1	97976	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	405	270	3	97964,97974,97976	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	405	270	1	97964	2349
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	405	270	1	97977	428
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	405	270	1	97982	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	405	270	6	97967,97971,97974,97976,97977,97980	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	405	270	10	97964,97965,97967,97968,97971,97973,97974,97976,97978,97980	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	405	270	1	97964	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	405	270	1	97971	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	405	270	1	97976	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	405	270	2	97976,97977	1153
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	405	270	2	97964,97978	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	405	270	3	97976,97977,97980	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	405	270	3	97963,97965,97978	978
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	405	270	1	97977	2045
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	405	270	1	97964	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	405	270	2	97964,97976	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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