Fonte Fria Mine, Queiriga, Vila Nova de Paiva, Viseu, Portugali
Regional Level Types | |
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Fonte Fria Mine | Mine |
Queiriga | Civil Parish |
Vila Nova de Paiva | Municipality |
Viseu | District |
Portugal | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 47' 10'' North , 7° 44' 19'' West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~0km
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
235516
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:235516:3
GUID (UUID V4):
02f0d82e-cfde-42fe-93aa-62b87156153f
Name(s) in local language(s):
Mina da Fonte Fria, Queiriga, Vila Nova de Paiva, Distrito de Viseu, Portugal
West and southwest of Queiriga in Ordovician rocks.
Cassiterite and Wolframite have been mined during the secong war.
The ordovician slates contain many quartz veins up to 50 cm in thickness.
The quartz veins carry: Pyrite,little arsenopyrite, cassiterite and little wolframite.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS |
ⓘ Cassiterite Formula: SnO2 |
ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
ⓘ 'Wolframite Group' |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
ⓘ | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Cassiterite | 4.DB.05 | SnO2 |
ⓘ | 'Wolframite Group' | 4.DB.30 va |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | ⓘ Cassiterite | SnO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
As | Arsenic | |
As | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
Sn | Tin | |
Sn | ⓘ Cassiterite | SnO2 |
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