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Cabeço da Mua mine, Felgar, Torre de Moncorvo, Bragança District, Portugal

Fe mines. Closed in 1977.

Tipos: Ocorrências de Ferro - Ligadas a processos metamórficos - Estratiformes
Ocorrências de Ferro - Detríticas - Eluvionares e Aluvionares

Descrição: Depósito formado por bancadas de minério de ferrro interestratificadas em quartzitos, psamitos e xistos. Evento caledónico. Eluviões e coluviões (Quaternário).
Mineralizações Principais: Especularite, Martite
Morfologias: Aluvionar, Estratiforme
Rochas Encaixantes: Psamitos, Quartzitos, Xistos
Geologia Local: Sinclinal secundário do Cabeço da Mua onde domina a Formação Quartzítica.
Geologia Regional: Ordovícico (Arenigiano, Formação Quartzítica). Quaternário. Granito de duas micas tarditectónico.

Mineral List

Albite
Cacoxenite
Chamosite
'Chlorite Group'
Fluorapatite
Hematite
var: Martite
Kidwellite
Lazulite
Magnetite
Muscovite
var: Sericite

Pyrite
Quartz
Scorzalite
Strengite
Wavellite


16 entries listed. 13 valid minerals.

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