Canto do Lagar Mine, Arcozelo, Gouveia, Guarda, Portugali
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Canto do Lagar Mine | Mine |
| Arcozelo | Civil Parish |
| Gouveia | Municipality |
| Guarda | District |
| Portugal | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 33' 23'' North , 7° 36' 14'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Mesquitela | 954 (2018) | 12.5km |
| Mangualde | 8,895 (2014) | 14.3km |
| Manteigas | 3,900 (2014) | 17.9km |
| Seia | 7,082 (2014) | 18.0km |
| São Romão | 6,500 (2018) | 19.6km |
Mindat Locality ID:
53045
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:53045:2
GUID (UUID V4):
2a379670-876e-45ea-9853-83eb6711e9c6
Name(s) in local language(s):
Mina do Canto do Lagar, Arcozelo, Gouveia, Distrito da Guarda, Portugal
Uranium deposit.
The abandoned uranium mine of Canto do Lagar is located in Arcozelo da Serra, in “zona uranífera das Beiras”, central Portugal. The mine was exploited in open pit and produced about 12 430Kg of uranium oxide (U3O8) between 1987 and 1988.
In the region, the dominant geological unit is the porphyritic granite, coarse-grained, two-mica, mainly biotite. The deposit consists of two holes crushing, parallel to the coarse porphyritic granite with two thin veins of white quartz with gaps, ferruginous with approximately inclination of 70 degrees from 80 degrees to the WNW. These veins are about 6 meters away from each other and contain secondary phases of uranium phosphates such as autunite and torbernite. Rejected materials from mining (about 1.000.000 tons) were deposited in two mine tailings and a lake was formed in the open pit.
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in: Abstract: Avaliação do Risco Ambiental de uma mina de urânio (Gouveia, Centro de Portugal), Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Escola Superior Agrária, André Filipe Pereira Ribeiro, 2011.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Autunite Formula: Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O |
| ⓘ Torbernite Formula: Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O References: |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Autunite | 8.EB.05 | Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O |
| ⓘ | Torbernite | 8.EB.05 | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Autunite | Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O |
| H | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Autunite | Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O |
| O | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | ⓘ Autunite | Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O |
| P | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Autunite | Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| U | Uranium | |
| U | ⓘ Autunite | Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O |
| U | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
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