Vale do Ferro Mine, Fatela, Fundão, Castelo Branco, Portugali
Regional Level Types | |
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Vale do Ferro Mine | Mine |
Fatela | - not defined - |
Fundão | - not defined - |
Castelo Branco | District |
Portugal | Country |
Name(s) in local language(s): | Mina do Vale do Ferro, Fatela, Fundão, Distrito de Castelo Branco, Portugal |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 40° 9' 29'' North , 7° 24' 42'' West |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 40.15820,-7.41185 |
GeoHash: | G#: ez4srqdf7 |
Locality type: | Mine |
Köppen climate type: | Csa : Hot-summer Mediterranean climate |
Tin-tungstem mine.
Mining concession no. 2797 "Vale do Ferro" (Sn-W), registered on 25-11-1952.
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Standard Detailed Strunz Dana Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Cassiterite Formula: SnO2 Reference: LNEG - Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Siorminp ID 1619SnW |
ⓘ 'Feldspar Group' Reference: LNEG - Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Siorminp ID 1619SnW |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 Reference: LNEG - Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Siorminp ID 1619SnW |
ⓘ 'Wolframite' Formula: (Fe2+)WO4 to (Mn2+)WO4 Reference: LNEG - Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Siorminp ID 1619SnW |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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ⓘ | 'Cassiterite' | 4.DB.05 | SnO2 |
ⓘ | 'Quartz' | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
ⓘ | 'Feldspar Group' | - | |
ⓘ | 'Wolframite' | - | (Fe2+)WO4 to (Mn2+)WO4 |
List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification
Group 4 - SIMPLE OXIDES | |||
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AX2 | |||
ⓘ | Cassiterite | 4.4.1.5 | SnO2 |
Group 75 - TECTOSILICATES Si Tetrahedral Frameworks | |||
Si Tetrahedral Frameworks - SiO2 with [4] coordinated Si | |||
ⓘ | Quartz | 75.1.3.1 | SiO2 |
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
ⓘ | 'Feldspar Group' | - | |
ⓘ | 'Wolframite' | - | (Fe2+)WO4 to (Mn2+)WO4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | ⓘ Cassiterite | SnO2 |
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
O | ⓘ Wolframite | (Fe2+)WO4 to (Mn2+)WO4 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Mn | Manganese | |
Mn | ⓘ Wolframite | (Fe2+)WO4 to (Mn2+)WO4 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Wolframite | (Fe2+)WO4 to (Mn2+)WO4 |
Sn | Tin | |
Sn | ⓘ Cassiterite | SnO2 |
W | Tungsten | |
W | ⓘ Wolframite | (Fe2+)WO4 to (Mn2+)WO4 |
Regional Geology
This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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Paleozoic - Precambrian 251.902 - 4000 Ma ID: 3189926 | Precambrian-Phanerozoic crystalline metamorphic rocks Age: Eoarchean to Triassic (251.902 - 4000 Ma) Lithology: Crystalline metamorphic rocks Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
Middle Cambrian - Neoproterozoic 501 - 1000 Ma ID: 3138046 | Xisto-Grauvaquico Complex Age: Neoproterozoic to Cambrian (501 - 1000 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Xisto-Grauvaquico Complex Description: flysch (sediments) Reference: Asch, K. The 1:5M International Geological Map of Europe and Adjacent Areas: Development and Implementation of a GIS-enabled Concept. Geologisches Jahrbuch, SA 3. [147] |
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