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Gypsum from
Olgas Mine, Castelo Branco, Mogadouro, Bragança, Portugal


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gypsum
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified, SEM-EDS
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gypsum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Olgas Mine, Castelo Branco, Mogadouro, Bragança, Portugal
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1255887
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1255887:4
GUID (UUID V4):b77bec3d-1f1a-46eb-aad5-e6c234b13021
Nearest other occurrences of Gypsum
66.1km (41.1 miles) Vinheiros Mine, Souto Maior, Sabrosa, Vila Real, Portugal
67.1km (41.7 miles) Codeceira Mine, Vale das Gatas Mines (São Lourenço de Riba Pinhão and Souto Maior), Sabrosa, Vila Real, Portugal
75.7km (47.1 miles) Sítio do Seixo Mine, Galafura e Covelinhas, Peso da Régua, Vila Real, Portugal
97.2km (60.4 miles) Rebentão Mine, Lagares do Estanho Mines, Queiriga, Vila Nova de Paiva, Viseu, Portugal
97.2km (60.4 miles) Lagares Mining Field, Vila Nova de Paiva, Viseu, Portugal
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
which are commonly silicified. The playas contain gypsum and glauberite deposits resulting from the evaporative...islands as a result of induration of bordering gypsum dunes. Diagenetic changes in the calcrete and gypcrete...the distinctive monadnocks of Ayers Rock and the Olgas protrude through the Cainozoic sediments. The bedrock...where bedrock hills such as Ayers Rock and the Olgas protrude through the Cainozoic sediment cover, and... On the bare playa beds, brown areas of heaved gypsum ground form 'ploughed field' topography; whitish
Journal (issue)
scorod·tI e, eaI c,·t_es, deli pnce�. 1 wasJutcani mine monaz ite were keenly contested and commanded good...Cornish chalcocites from the Pig lode level 9, Geevor mine were auctionded last. They were not as expensive...pl_eased to rep_atnate an apple green West Pastu res mine fluorite which SMLS had given to Maurice on one...fine quartz-speckled fluorite from West Pastures mine, Stanhope from Maxine Bayliss ( the colour of which...Wales) - submitted by Peter Hay from Small C leugh mine, Nenthead. John Long Class 8. A PRES ENTATION (1
Book (edition)
Australia. Giles and WC. Gosse were astounded by the Olgas and Ayers Rock, or Kata Tjuta and Uluru as we now...part of which collapsed. Surprisingly, perhaps, mine shafts and tunnels served not to exacerbate shock...lake being a fault scarp that has ruptured the gypsum duricrust (gypcrete) which caps the cliff (Fig...valleys. Excavations and geop hysical work - ~ A gypsum loye r Faults and drainage Drainage systems can...to salt weathering, with common salt (NaCl) and gypsum (CaS0 4.2H 20) most often involved. Recent work
Book (edition)
in rings. The satin spar variety of the mineral gypsum, which has an attractive sheen and silky luster...spodumene crystals Dakota. of spodumene, Etta mine, near Keystone, (Photograph by South Dakota School...School of Mines.) South have been found at the Etta mine, near Keystone, South Dakota, 36 to 47 feet long...of increasing hardness, as follows: 1. Talc. 2. Gypsum. 3. Calcite. 4, Fluorite. 5, Apatite. 6. Orthoclase...minerals, such as the satin spar variety of gypsum. Dull.—As the name indicates, the surfaces of minerals
Book (edition)
Surface Mining 442 of Mineral Processing 445 434 Mine-Land Reclamation Unconventional Fossil Fuels 448...of Open-Pit Coal Mines 455 CaS€STUDY 13.3 « Acid Mine Drainage and Earth Systems 457 48'7 ‘Tar Sands...Problems of Fossil-Fuel Combustion Air Pollution 490 Mine Collapse 492 Beyond Petroleum: Alternatives for...Cleaning Up a Century of Hardrock Mining: The Abandoned Mine Lands Initiative 457 An Energy Conclusion CaS@CSTUDY...mining claim filing fees, the bioremediation of mine wastes, and the current administration’s position
Book
9. LETIHAKANE This is Botswana's main diamond mine. Begun in 1971 , the excavations here and at Jwaneng...and game animals. Since the opening of a diamond mine at Orapa in the early 1970s, the area has also seen...rninerals (silicon oxides) lik~ ordinary sand but from gypsum, or hydrated calcium sulphate - the basis for plaster...Desert" is "the world's largest surface deposit of gypsum. ~ As in a sandy desert the grains pile into duJ:1es... " ,, I I the world's largest opencast copper mine. The copper ore is quarried from a gigantic, artificial
Book (volume)
climatic trends in the evolution of speleothems in gypsum caves 511 80 Formation of a haldenhang at the...Swash-aligned beach at San Martinho do Porto, Portugal 325 40 Drift-aligned beach, St Petersburg, Florida...in Namibia and the Estrela Mountains in central Portugal 492 57 Tong Canyon and Cow Canyon are tributaries...desert rose, the most commonly recognized form of gypsum 508 60 V-shaped colluvium-filled bedrock depression...Dissolution Doline Dye tracing Endokarst Epikarst Gypsum karst Karren Karst Fimestone pavement Micro-erosion
Report (volume)
Landform Development. State University of New Island Olgas, Royal J.-H. 1791. Sur arrangement de plusieurs...Fossil Journal, 23(9), press wood from Tynagh Mine, Loughrea, Co. Galway. Trish Naturalist’s. 377-378...an exposed audit at Skerry mine, an underground site at Solomons Drift mine (both located near Newtown...1). Outcrops of ore up to 30 cm occur at Skerry mine with a deposit of lithomarge underneath, outcrops...layers above the bed. Salmons Drift mine is an underground mine, which consists of pisolitic iron ore
Journal (volume)
Application of Principles of Similitude to Design of Mine Workings. By P. B. Bucky anp A. L. Fentress. (With...discussion) . . Mining Methods and Costs at the Washington Mine of the Aden “Wood Mining 11 25 Cr aoe Os. hous...Subsidence Ground Movement from Mining in Brier Hill Mine, Norway, Michigan. By Grorce 8. Ricz. (With discussion)...discussion) ........ 212 Further Notes on Bumps in No. 2 Mine, ae Nova Scotia (abetracts. Byte be Mc@aitin sc...PaaE Ventilation and Safety Practices at the Frood Mine of the International Nickel ee A e oi oe By Rate
Book
Meekatharra Precambrian shields X Tennant Ck Tanami mine CANNING BASIN Great Barrier Reef X GAWLER Northparkes...the Tanami region, Yilgarn Craton and Northparkes mine (New South Wales) (Figure 2.5; O’Sullivan et al...Figure 2.5), the change from freshwater clays to gypsum-dominated sediments appears to be significantly...minerals during the first process – minerals such as gypsum or halite or the Fe oxides (goethite and hematite)...negligible (about 1 in 10 million). Very acid waters (mine waters and lakes such as Lake Tyrell in western
Book (edition)
KNOW THAT THE EARTH HAS LAYERS? The world’s deepest mine shaft penetrates gold-bearing rock that lies about...Chihuahua, Mexico. The crystals are of the mineral gypsum; they formed by precipitation from water solutions...Calcite Fingernail Gypsum Talc Corundum 2,000 Topaz 1,000 Apatite Calcite Fluorite Gypsum Talc 1 (b) FIGURE...water at or near the Earth’s surface. An example is gypsum (CaSO4 ⋅ 2H2O), in which water molecules bond to...to the calcium-sulfate molecules. Pulverized gypsum mixed with water can be spread out in thin sheets
Book
DESERT FORMATION. See AN INTRO¬ DUCTION TO DESERTS GYPSUM HALOCLASTIC WEATHERING. See DESERT PATINA. See...highly unusual meters high (ASIA, DESERTS OF) and gypsum plants, such as the giant saguaro cactus of North... aucheri, and as a result of the presence of gypsum quarries; (4) Mangroves and their characteristic...layer); (ii) sandy-pebble deserts on gypsiferous (gypsum soils—calcium sulfate), gray-brown soil of Tertiary...limestone, marl, clay, sandstone, and crystalline gypsum. Some scattered solonchaks are also present. Sloping
Book (edition)
557 BOX 15.1 Consider This The Amazing Chilean Mine Rescue of 2010 BOX 15.2 - 558 Consider This The...that the Earth Has Layers? The world’s deepest mine shaft penetrates _gold-bearing rock that lies about...000 - = = 5,000 F Steel knife; glass x \ = Gypsum Talc ie 2.000 Corundum in a range of colors...the Earth’s surface (Fig. 5.14). An example is gypsum (CaSO, * 2H,0). Silicates: The Major Rock-Forming...Chihuahua, Mexico. The crystals are of the mineral gypsum (CaSO4 - 2H20), formed by precipitation from a
Book (edition)
« 511 « 513 CONSIDER THIS The Amazing Chilean Mine Rescue of 2010 « 514 OOOSESOSES Contents XViii...crystal face Quartz crystals from Fiddler's Ridge Mine, Mount Ida, Arkansas Correct, approximate scale...KNOW THAT THE EARTH HAS LAYERS? The world’s deepest mine shaft penetrates gold-bearing rock that lies about...Chihuahua, Mexico. The crystals are of the mineral gypsum (CaSO, - 2H20), formed by precipitation from a...3,000 DES Fingernail Gypsum ak — 2,000 VG. oe) ee ee Apatite _ Gypsum Tale 1 2, 3 4 5
Book
Mineral Scale Mineral Rock 1 2 Talc (softest) Gypsum : Vets 6 7 Orthoclase Quartz FINE GRAIN Fluorite...Saline Siliceous Angee : Fine Rock phosphate (part) Gypsum Rock salt Sodium chloride Chert Flint Silicon...sand, is employed in making glass and concrete. Gypsum is made into plaster for building, and mica — an...feldspar Alkali feldspar Nepheline Leucite Garnet Gypsum Halite Idocrase (vesuvianite) Kyanite Mica Biotite... Gulf of Aqaba 107 Gutenberg, Beno 14, 81, 112 gypsum 151 harzburgite 28 Evening Star 12 extinction
Book (edition)
trolled explosions also make it possible to deter¬ mine the depth at which the mantle begins in different...but before dealing with these drite, CaS04, and gypsum, CaS04.2H20. Anhy¬ a few other important minerals...review. circumstances, with or without occurs gypsum mainly in according salt to deposits Quartz...Ca2+ by the precipitation of aragonite (CaC03), gypsum (CaS042H20) and anhydrite (CaS04) as salinities...the salinity has to rise to well over 100 before gypsum, CaS04.2H20, begins to be deposited. When the brine
Book (edition)
Zappeion Gardens (near the junction of Amalias and Olgas Avenues) preparing a ventilation shaft for the metro...with huge horizontal and vertical wooden TIEBEAMS. GYPSUM was used for the orthostate course of some important...lustral basins, and vestiges of a peristyle court. Gypsum and alabaster are used lavishly for paving and...community looked like. Houses, graves, shrines, mine shafts, industrial installations, and public buildings...GROUNDLINE In art, the line on which figures stand. GYPSUM A sparkling limestone. HEKATOMPEDON A temple one
Book
nieorganiczny ЗЬ минеральная кис¬ лота ЗЬ acide minéral ЗЬ mine¬ ralische Säure 142 143 nitric а. ЗЬ kwas azotowy...flüssige Luft 432 mine a. if powietrze kopalniane if рудничный воздух if air de mine if Grubenwetter ...Natronalaun 604 alumen -> alum 605 alumina bl glinka mine ЬЬ Tonerde bl глинозём -й- alu¬ 606 aluminiferous...assemblage de minéraux й Mineral Vergesellschaftung, Mine¬ ralassoziation 1429 astrophyllite й astrofyllit...шпура, забой буровой скважины if- fond d’un trou de mine, fond de sondage if Bohrlochliefste, Bohrlochsohle
Journal (volume)
Phil. xipO, Vol. Jour © aft bas ebontitn py 4 T olgas i mq to : €tele Y y Je jh iteib sift To ae f... in a prominent manner, certain observations of mine, published in Professor Jameson’s Journal, I may...Ajmeer, by associated deposites of rock-salt and gypsum ; but these last have not, as yet, been discovered...form, therefore, a fourth point of view under which mine- rals may be considered, and which Werner designated...Those of coarse limestone (calcaire grossicre) and gypsum, have made Paris one of the most agreeable of the
 
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