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Barreiro, Setúbal, Portugali
Regional Level Types
BarreiroMunicipality
SetúbalDistrict
PortugalCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Barreiro51,280 (2014)
Lavradio21,877 (2018)
Santo António da Charneca11,143 (2018)
Mindat Locality ID:
245407
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:245407:1
GUID (UUID V4):
a1a1c6d5-8822-4076-9241-fa270dbc3d0d
Other Languages:
French:
Barreiro, Setúbal, Portugal
German:
Barreiro, Distrikt Setúbal, Portugal
Italian:
Barreiro, distretto di Setúbal, Portogallo
Portuguese:
Barreiro, Setúbal, Portugal
Russian:
Баррейру, Сетубал, Португалия
Simplified Chinese:
巴雷鲁, 塞圖巴爾區, 葡萄牙
Spanish:
Barreiro, Setúbal, Portugal
Arabic:
باريرو, محافظة سيتوبال, البرتغال
Armenian:
Բարրեյրու
Aromanian:
Barreiro
Asturian:
Barreiro, Distritu de Setúbal
Azeri:
Barreyru
Basque:
Barreiro, Setubal
Belarusian:
Барэйру, акруга Сетубал, Партугалія
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Барэйру, Сэтубальскі раён
Catalan:
Barreiro, Setúbal, Portugal
Cebuano:
Barreiro, Distrito de Setúbal
Danish:
Barreiro, Setúbal District, Portugal
Dutch:
Barreiro, Setúbal, Portugal
Esperanto:
Barreiro, distrikto Setúbal
Farsi/Persian:
باریرو, پرتغال
Finnish:
Barreiro, Setúbalin piiri, Portugali
Galician:
Barreiro, Setúbal, Portugal
Hebrew:
בריירו, פורטוגל
Hungarian:
Barreiro, Setúbal, Portugália
Japanese:
バレイロ, セトゥーバル県, ポルトガル
Korean:
바헤이루, 세투발현, 포르투갈
Lithuanian:
Bareiras, Setubalo apskritis, Portugalija
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Barreiro, Setúbal Koān
Norwegian:
Barreiro, Setúbal, Portugal
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Barreiro
Occitan:
Barreiro
Polish:
Barreiro, Dystrykt Setúbal, Portugalia
Romanian:
Barreiro, Districtul Setúbal, Portugalia
Serbian:
Бареиро, Сетубал, Португалија
Swahili:
Barreiro, Ureno
Swedish:
Barreiro, Setúbal, Portugal
Tatar:
Баррейру
Traditional Chinese:
巴雷魯, 塞圖巴爾區
Turkish:
Barreiro, Setubal District, Portekiz
Ukrainian:
Баррейру, Сетубал , Португалія
Vietnamese:
Barreiro, Setúbal, Bồ Đào Nha
Volapük:
Barreiro
Waray:
Barreiro, Setúbal


In a recent past Barreiro was an important rail terminal where trains, loaded with ore from the mines further south namely from Noguerinha mine (Fe) arrived.
There are no mines or quarries of any kind of interest for mineral collectors.
It is to consider only the large industrial sand and clay exploitation in the parish of Coina.

The geology of the municipality is characterized by sedimentary layers of sand, sandstone, clay, marl and limestone, all belonging to the geological formations of marine origin of the more recent periods of Tertiary Period (Miocene and Pliocene) or sporadically by layers of loose sands and sludge of Quaternary Period (river Coina floodplain).

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Mineral List

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4 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

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Detailed Mineral List:

Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Reference: Rui Nunes November 2020
'Limonite'
Reference: Rui Nunes' visit in October 2022
Mercury
Formula: Hg
Reference: H. GABRIEL MENDES, a abertura e exploração da Mina de Azougue de Coina, no final do séc. XVIII
Opal
Formula: SiO2 · nH2O
Reference: LNEG - Siorminp
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Reference: Rui Nunes information 2018
Quartz var. Chalcedony
Formula: SiO2
Reference: Rui Nunes information 2018

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
Mercury1.AD.05Hg
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Opal4.DA.10SiO2 · nH2O
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
var. Chalcedony4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc.
'Limonite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H OpalSiO2 · nH2O
CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
O OpalSiO2 · nH2O
O Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
O QuartzSiO2
O CalciteCaCO3
SiSilicon
Si OpalSiO2 · nH2O
Si Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Si QuartzSiO2
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
HgMercury
Hg MercuryHg

Fossils

There are 1 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences8
Youngest Fossil Listed152 Ma (Late Jurassic)
Oldest Fossil Listed161 Ma (Jurassic)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Scleractinia
order
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia161.2 - 152.1 Ma
Jurassic
Tubiphytes
genus
Nigriporellidae : Tubiphytes161.2 - 152.1 Ma
Jurassic
Periomipora
genus
Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Axinellida : Neuroporidae : Periomipora161.2 - 152.1 Ma
Jurassic
Burgundia trinorchii
species
Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Burgundiidae : Burgundia : Burgundia trinorchii161.2 - 152.1 Ma
Jurassic
Buratina lusitanica
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Neuroptera : Sisyridae : Buratina : Buratina lusitanica161.2 - 152.1 Ma
Jurassic
Astrostylopsis circoporea
species
Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Axinellida : Actinostromariidae : Astrostylopsis : Astrostylopsis circoporea161.2 - 152.1 Ma
Jurassic
Thalamopora lusitanica
species
Animalia : Porifera : Calcarea : Thalamopora : Thalamopora lusitanica161.2 - 152.1 Ma
Jurassic
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References

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H. GABRIEL MENDES - a abertura e exploração da Mina de Azougue de Coina, no final do séc. XVIII, em duas plantas da Mapoteca do Instituto Geográfico e Cadastral, Coimbra 1978 (Separata da Revista da Universidade de Coimbra, Vol. XXVI).

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barreiro,_Portugal
Wikidata ID:Q217394
GeoNames ID:8010618

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