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Vale das Gatas Mines, S. Lourenço de Riba Pinhão and Souto Maior, Sabrosa, Vila Real District, Portugal

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Couto Mineiro de Vale das Gatas, S. Lourenço de Riba Pinhão e Souto Maior, Sabrosa, Distrito de Vila Real, Portugal

Tin-tungsten mines. Closed in 1986.

- Best fluorite’s Portuguese occurrence.

According to the local tradition the exploration of the mines began with the extration of cassiterite during the Roman period.
1883, began the first mining works.
1994, the 16 existing mining concessions were extinguished by government legislative decree.

Mineral______Parish____________Concession________________Date
W__________S. Lourenço________Delgada__________________1883
W__________S. Lourenço________Codeceira________________1903
W__________Souto Maior________Vinheiros_________________1903
W__________S. Lourenço________Prainelas_________________1913
Sn, W______S. Lourenço________Sra. Saúde________________1939
W__________Souto Maior________Fraga Alta________________1940
W__________Souto Maior________Feitais___________________1941
W__________S. Lourenço________Paredes__________________1951
Sn, W______Souto Maior________Prainelas 1________________1953
Sn, W______Souto Maior________Cebolas, Coelheira__________1953
W__________S. Lourenço________Granjal___________________1953
W__________S. Lourenço________Codeceira 2, Cebolas 2_____1956
W__________Souto Maior________Vinheiros 3, Pontinha 2_____1956/57
W__________S. Lourenço________Sra. Saúde_______________1981

One ore vein (1 meter wide) in two-mica Hercynian granite batholith and schists/greywackes.
Four stages of mineralization:
Stage I - Quartz + hubnerite
Stage II - Cassiterite, arsenopyrite, muscovite (greisinization and muscovitization of schists)
Stage III - Sphalerite, pyrrhotite, stannite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, fluorite, chlorite
Stage IV - Galena and Ag/Pb/Bi-sulfosalts

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53 entries listed. 35 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

Portugal

Vila Real District
- Sabrosa
  - S. Lourenço de Riba Pinhão and Souto Maior
    - Vale das Gatas Mines
      - Codeceira Mine

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References

- Gaspar, O., Bowles, F.W., 1985. Nota preliminar sobre a paragénese dos sulfussais de Bi-Pb-Ag do jazigo de tungsténio de Vale das Gatas (Norte de Portugal). Estudos, Notas e Trabalhos do IGM, Tomo XXVII, 49-54.

- Maria Otília Pereira Lage, Wolframio - Terra Revolvida, Memória Revolta para uma análise transversal da Sociedade Portuguesa (1930/1960), Novembro 2002.

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