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Portugal

Portugal is a country located in Southwestern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula. It is the westernmost country of mainland Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira are Portuguese territory as well.

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A complex and diversified geology endows Portugal with a considerable mineral potential, leading to the occurrence of considerable number of ore, industrial and ornamental stone deposits. Mineral exploitation has a present considerable high level originated from world class deposits, as Neves-Corvo (Cu, Sn) and Panasqueira (W), but also from a lot of some other deposits producing salt, feldspar, kaolin, ball clay and fire clay, ornamental stones and some other mineral substances. Portugal is presently one of the main UE producers of copper, tin and tungsten concentrates and an important world producer of ornamental stones. Exploration activity is also at a high level considering the relative small extent of the territory (roughly 90 000 Km2). Several international companies conduct exploration mainly focused on base and precious metals.

Portuguese territory covers half of the Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB) which is considered the main metallogenic province of the European Union, where occurrences of polymetallic massive sulphide deposits like Neves-Corvo and Aljustrel, in Portugal, Rio Tinto, Sotiel, Los Frailes, Las Cruces, etc., in Spain. The IPB is the main primary source of base metals in the EU.

Hesperian granites and associated metamorphics in the north and central part of the country are associated with tungsten and tin mineralisations.

The potential in precious metals is well known since ancient times and is spread out geographically all over the country, occurring in diverse forms and different geological settings (veins, skarns, shear zones, placers, etc.).
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In: Mineral Resources of Portugal, DGEG 2012.

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Portugal and related Minerals by Rui Nunes

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Acanthite Actinolite Aegirine Aegirine-augite Aenigmatite Aikinite Albite var: Cleavelandite var: Oligoclase var: Oligoclase-Albite 'Albite-Anorthite Series' Allanite-(Ce) Alloclasite Alluaudite Almandine Althausite Alunite Alunogen 'Amber' Amblygonite Amphibole Supergroup var: Byssolite Analcime Anatase 'Ancylite' Andalusite var: Chiastolite Andradite Anglesite Ankerite Annabergite Annite Anorthite var: Bytownite var: Labradorite Antimony Antlerite 'Apatite' Apjohnite Aragonite Arfvedsonite Armenite Arrojadite-(KFe) Arseniosiderite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Arthurite 'Asbestos' Asbolane 'Asphaltum' Astrophyllite Atacamite Augite Aurichalcite Autunite Axinite-(Fe) Azurite Barbosalite Baryte 'Basaltic Hornblende' Bavenite Bayldonite Bendadaite (TL) Benyacarite Beraunite Bermanite Berndtite Berthierite Bertrandite Beryl var: Aquamarine var: Emerald var: Goshenite var: Heliodor Beryllonite Beudantite Bieberite 'Biotite' Bismuth Bismuthinite Bismutite 'Bitumen' Bobierrite Bornite Bournonite Braunite Britholite-(Ce) 'Britholite Group' Brochantite Brookite Burbankite Cacoxenite Calcite var: Ferroan Calcite var: Travertine Caledonite Canfieldite Carminite Carnallite 'Carrboydite' Cassiterite Celadonite Celestine Ceruleite Cerussite Cervantite 'Chabazite' 'var: Phacolite' Chabazite-Sr Chalcanthite Chalcocite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Chalcosiderite Chamosite Chernikovite Chevkinite-(Ce) Childrenite Chlorargyrite 'Chlorite Group' 'var: Brunsvigite' Chloritoid Chromite Chrysocolla 'Chrysoprase' Claudetite (TL) Clinochlore var: Ripidolite Clinoclase 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup' Clinozoisite 'Coal var: Anthracite' 'var: Bituminous Coal' 'var: Jet' 'var: Lignite' Cobaltite 'Cocinerite' Coffinite 'Columbite' Columbite-(Fe) Columbite-(Mn) 'Columbite-Tantalite' Conichalcite Connellite Copiapite Copper Coquandite Coquimbite Cordierite Corkite

Cornwallite Coronadite Corundum var: Sapphire Cosalite Covellite Cryptomelane Cubanite Cuprite var: Chalcotrichite Cuprocopiapite Cyanotrichite Cyrilovite Dalyite Delafossite Descloizite Devilline Dewindtite Diaspore Digenite Diopside Dolomite var: Ferroan Dolomite Donbassite Dravite Dufrénite Duftite Dwornikite Enargite Enstatite var: Bronzite Eosphorite Epidote Erythrite 'Eta-bronze' Euclase Eucryptite Eudialyte Group Euxenite-(Y) 'Evansite' Fairfieldite Fayalite (TL) Felbertalite 'Feldspar Group' Ferberite var: Reinite Fergusonite-(Y) Ferricopiapite Ferrimolybdite Ferrisicklerite Ferro-Actinolite Ferro-hornblende Ferro-katophorite Ferrokentbrooksite Ferronigerite-2N1S Ferronigerite-6N6S Ferro-richterite Fletcherite 'Flint' Fluorapatite Fluorellestadite Fluorite Fluornatropyrochlore Foitite Forsterite Freibergite Freieslebenite Frondelite Gahnite var: Limaite Gaidonnayite Galena Galenobismutite 'Garnet' Gersdorffite Glaucophane Goethite Gold var: Electrum Gonnardite Goyazite Graphite Greenockite Grossular var: Hessonite Groutite Grunerite Gudmundite 'Gummite' Gunningite Gypsum var: Selenite Hagendorfite Halite 'Halloysite' Halotrichite Hambergite Hastingsite Hedenbergite Helvine Hematite var: Martite var: Specularite Hemimorphite Hentschelite Heterogenite Heterosite 'Heulandite' Heulandite-Ca Hidalgoite Hilairite Hopeite 'Hornblende' Hörnesite Hübnerite Hureaulite Hydrohetaerolite Hydrokenoelsmoreite var: Ferritungstite 'Hydromuscovite' Hydrotungstite Hydroxylellestadite Hydroxylherderite Hydrozincite Ilmenite 'Isoclasite' Isokite Ixiolite 'Jahnsite' Jahnsite-(CaMnMn) (TL) 'Jahnsite Group' 'Jamborite' Jamesonite Jarosite 'Joséite' Kaersutite Kaolinite Kasolite Kastningite Keckite Kermesite Kesterite 'K Feldspar' 'var: Adularia' Kidwellite Kingsmountite Klebelsbergite Köttigite Kryzhanovskite Kurumsakite Kyanite

Langite Laueite Lavendulan Låvenite Lazulite Lead Lepidocrocite Lepidolite Leucophosphite Libethenite 'Limonite' Linarite Lipscombite Lithiophilite Lithiophorite Löllingite Ludlamite Mackinawite Maghemite Magnesio-hornblende Magnesite Magnetite Mäkinenite Malachite Manganberzeliite 'Manganese Oxides' 'var: Manganese Dendrites' Manganite 'Mansfieldite-Scorodite Series' Marcasite Matildite Mawbyite Mawsonite Melanterite var: Cuprian Melanterite Meneghinite Mercury Meta-autunite Metasaléeite Metastibnite Metaswitzerite Metatorbernite Miargyrite 'Mica Group' Microcline var: Amazonite Microlite Group Miharaite Mimetite Mitridatite Molybdenite 'Monazite' Monazite-(Ce) Montebrasite Montgomeryite Montmorillonite Mordenite Morenosite Morinite Mrázekite Muscovite var: Gilbertite var: Lithian Muscovite var: Sericite var: Vanadian Muscovite Natrodufrénite Natrojarosite Natrolite Natrotantite Naumannite Nepheline Népouite Neyite Nickeline Nickelskutterudite var: Chloanthite Nontronite Nowackiite Nsutite Olenite Olivenite 'Olivine' 'Olivine Group' Opal var: Diatomite var: Opal-AN Orickite Orthoclase Osarizawaite Oxyplumboroméite Panasqueiraite (TL) Paracoquimbite Paragonite Parasymplesite Paratacamite Paravauxite Parsonsite Paulkerrite Pavonite Pentlandite Perovskite 'Perthite' Petalite 'Petrified Wood' 'Petroleum' Pharmacolite Pharmacosiderite Phenakite 'Phengite' 'Phillipsite' Phlogopite Phosphoferrite Phosphosiderite Phosphuranylite Phurcalite Pickeringite 'Pitticite' Planerite 'Planerite-Turquoise Series' Plattnerite Plumbogummite Plumbojarosite Polybasite Posnjakite Prehnite Pseudobrookite Pseudolaueite Pseudomalachite 'Psilomelane' 'Pumice' Pumpellyite-(Fe2+) Purpurite Pyrargyrite Pyrite var: Cupriferous Pyrite Pyrochlore Group Pyrolusite Pyromorphite Pyrope Pyrophyllite 'Pyrosmalite' 'Pyroxene Group' Pyrrhotite Quartz var: Agate var: Amethyst var: Carnelian var: Chalcedony var: Eisenkiesel var: Jasper

Quartz var: Milky Quartz var: Rock Crystal var: Rose Quartz var: Sardonyx var: Sceptre Quartz var: Smoky Quartz 'Quartz-beta' Ramsdellite Raspite Realgar Reddingite Reichenbachite Rhodochrosite Rhodonite Riebeckite Rittmannite (TL) Robertsite Rockbridgeite Romanèchite 'Roméite Group var: Stibiconite' Römerite Rooseveltite Roscherite Rutile var: Ilmenorutile Sabugalite (TL) Salammoniac Saléeite Sanidine 'Scapolite' Scheelite Schorl Schreibersite Schwartzembergite Scorodite Scorzalite Segnitite Semseyite Sénarmontite 'Serpentine Group' Serpierite Sicklerite Siderite var: Oligonite Siderophyllite Siderotil Sillimanite Silver var: Amalgam Skutterudite var: Smaltite 'Smectite Group' Smithsonite Smolyaninovite Sodalite Spangolite Spessartine var: Brandãosite Sphalerite var: Marmatite 'Spinel Group' Spodumene Stannite Stannoidite Staurolite Stephanite Stewartite Stibnite 'Stilbite' Stolzite Strengite var: Aluminian Strengite Strontianite Strunzite Sulphur Switzerite Sylvanite Talc var: Steatite 'Tantalite' Tantalite-(Mn) Tavorite Tennantite 'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series' Tenorite Tetrahedrite 'Tetrahedrite Group' Thadeuite (TL) 'Thomsonite' Thomsonite-Ca Thorite Tinsleyite Titanite Topaz Torbernite 'Tourmaline' 'var: Indicolite' 'var: Rubellite' Tremolite Tridymite Trilithionite Triphylite Triplite 'Triplite-Zwieselite Series' Tschermigite Tungstite Turquoise var: Rashleighite Tyrolite Ullmannite Uraninite var: Pitchblende Uranocircite Uranophane 'Uvite' Valentinite Variscite 'Varlamoffite' Väyrynenite Vermiculite Vesuvianite Vivianite Volborthite 'Wad' Wagnerite Wavellite Whitmoreite Willemite Wittichenite Wolfeite 'Wolframite' Wollastonite Wulfenite Wurtzite Xanthoxenite 'Xenotime' Xenotime-(Y) Zapatalite Zeunerite 'Zinconigerite-2N1S' Zinkenite 'Zinnwaldite' Zippeite Zircon Zircophyllite Zodacite (TL) Zoisite Zwieselite

672 entries listed. 458 valid minerals. 9 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

Portugal Aveiro District Águeda Albergaria-a-Velha Anadia Arouca Aveiro Castelo de Paiva Espinho Estarreja Ílhavo Mealhada Murtosa Oliveira de Azemeis Oliveira do Bairro Ovar Santa Maria da Feira Sever do Vouga Vagos Vale de Cambra Azores District Corvo Island Faial Island (Fayal Island) Flores Island Graciosa Island Pico Island San Miguel Island Santa Maria Island São Jorge Island Terceira Island Beja District Aljustrel Almodôvar Alvito Barrancos Beja Castro Verde Cuba Ferreira do Alentejo Mértola Moura Odemira Ourique Pedro Serpa Vidigueira Braga District Amares Barcelos Braga Cabeceiras de Basto Celorico de Basto Esposende Fafe Gerez Guimarães Póvoa de Lanhoso Terras de Bouro Vieira do Minho Vila Nova de Famalicão Vila Verde Vizela Bragança District Alfândega da Fé Bragança Carrazeda de Ansiães Freixo de Espada à Cinta Macedo de Cavaleiros Miranda do Douro Mirandela Mogadouro Torre de Moncorvo Vila Flor Vimioso Vinhais Castelo Branco District Belmonte Castelo Branco Covilhã Fundão Idanha-a-Nova Oleiros Penamacor Proença-a-Nova Sertã Vila de Rei Vila Velha de Rodão Coimbra District Arganil Cantanhede Coimbra Condeixa-a-Nova Figueira da Foz Góis Lousã Miranda do Corvo Mondego River basin Montemor-o-Velho Oliveira do Hospital Pampilhosa da Serra Penacova Penela Soure Tábua Vila de Rei Vila Nova de Poiares Évora District Alandroal Arraiolos Borba Estremoz Évora Montemor-o-Novo Mora Mourão Portel Redondo Reguengos de Monsaraz Vendas Novas Viana do Alentejo Vila Viçosa Faro District Albufeira Alcoutim Aljezur Castro Marim Faro Lagoa Lagos Loulé Monchique Olhão Portimão São Braz de Alportel Silves Tavira Vila do Bispo Vila Real de Santo António Guarda District Aguiar da Beira Almeida Celorico da Beira Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo Fornos de Algodres Gouveia Guarda Manteigas Mêda Pinhel Sabugal Seia Trancoso Vila Nova de Foz Côa Leiria District Alcobaça Alvaiázere Ansião Batalha Bombarral Caldas da Rainha Castanheira de Pêra Figueiró dos Vinhos Leiria Marinha Grande Nazaré Óbidos Pedrógão Grande Peniche Pombal Porto de Mós Lisboa District Lisbon Ericeira Ribeira D'ilhas Sintra Mourão valley Sintra Mountain

Portugal Lisbon District Alenquer Amadora Arruda dos Vinhos Azambuja Cadaval Cascais Lisbon Loures Lourinhã Mafra Odivelas Oeiras Sintra Sobral de Monte Agraço Torres Vedras Vila Franca de Xira Madeira District Madeira Island Porto Santo Island Savage Islands (Salvage Islands; Selvagens Islands) Portalegre District Alter do Chão Arronches Avis Campo Maior Castelo de Vide Crato Elvas Fronteira Gavião Marvão Monforte Nisa Ponte de Sôr Portalegre Sousel Porto District Amarante Baião Espinho Felgueiras Gondomar Lousada Maia Marco de Canavezes Matosinhos Mirandela Paços de Ferreira Paredes Penafiel Porto Póvoa de Varzim Santo Tirso Trofa Valongo Vila do Conde Vila Nova de Gaia Santarém District Abrantes Alcanena Almeirim Alpiarça Benavente Cartaxo Chamusca Constância Coruche Entroncamento Ferreira do Zêzere Golegã Mação Ourém Rio Maior Salvaterra de Magos Santarém Sardoal Tomar Torres Novas Vila Nova da Barquinha Setúbal District Alcácer do Sal Alcochete Almada Arrábida Mtn Barreiro Grândola Moita Montijo Palmela Santiago do Cacém Seixal Sesimbra Setúbal Sines Viana do Castelo District Arcos de Valdevez Caminha Melgaço Monção Paredes de Coura Ponte da Barca Ponte de Lima Valença do Minho Viana do Castelo Vila Nova de Cerveira Vila Real District Alijó Barroso-Alvão pegmatite field Boticas Chaves Cumieira Mine Mesão Frio Mondim de Basto Montalegre Murça Peso da Régua Ribeira de Pena Sabrosa Santa Marta de Penaguião Valpaços Vila Pouca de Aguiar Vila Real Viseu District Armamar Castro Daire Cinfães Mangualde Nelas Penalva do Castelo Penedono São João da Pesqueira São Pedro do Sul Sátão Sernancelhe Tabuaço Tarouca Vila Nova de Paiva Viseu Vouzela

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