Póvoa e Alvariça quarry, Vila Praia de Âncora, Caminha, Viana do Castelo, Portugali
Regional Level Types | |
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Póvoa e Alvariça quarry | Quarry (Inactive) |
Vila Praia de Âncora | Parish |
Caminha | Municipality |
Viana do Castelo | District |
Portugal | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 49' 36'' North , 8° 51' 57'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Quarry (Inactive) - last checked 2019
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
---|---|---|
Vila Praia de Âncora | 4,987 (2012) | 2.1km |
Areosa | 4,626 (2012) | 12.1km |
O Rosal | 6,029 (2012) | 12.3km |
Meadela | 9,981 (2018) | 14.6km |
Viana do Castelo | 36,148 (2018) | 15.1km |
Mindat Locality ID:
332934
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:332934:7
GUID (UUID V4):
495c7950-cfb4-4c8c-9927-520524f6290f
Originally, there were two contiguous granite quarries with their own instalations and infrastrutures: quarries no. 4348 "Alvariça no. 2" and no. 4365 "Póvoa" were both registered in the Delegação Regional da Economia do Norte (DREN) in 1972 and 1973, respectively.
In 1988, the quarry no. 4348 was merged with the other and since then, with the same owners and with a new mining licence, they started working as a single quarry. The quarry was very active: bituminous mixtures, gravel, cutting and finishing of granite products, concrete manufacturing and others. Along many years the company was involved in important local and national public works' contracts.
Due to insolvency proceeding industrial and extraction activities ended in 2012. The quarry is currently inactive.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ 'Garnet Group' Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
ⓘ Schorl Formula: NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
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ⓘ | Schorl | 9.CK.05 | NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
Unclassified | |||
ⓘ | 'Garnet Group' | - | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
---|---|---|
H | ⓘ Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
B | Boron | |
B | ⓘ Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
O | ⓘ Garnet Group | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
Na | Sodium | |
Na | ⓘ Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
Si | ⓘ Garnet Group | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
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Póvoa e Alvariça quarry, Vila Praia de Âncora, Caminha, Viana do Castelo, Portugal