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Muscovite from
Barroca Grande Mine, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Siderite10 photos of Muscovite associated with Siderite at this locality.
Arsenopyrite9 photos of Muscovite associated with Arsenopyrite at this locality.
Quartz6 photos of Muscovite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Calcite5 photos of Muscovite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Fluorapatite3 photos of Muscovite associated with Fluorapatite at this locality.
Pyrite1 photo of Muscovite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Apatite1 photo of Muscovite associated with Apatite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Barroca Grande Mine, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:248579
Long-form Identifier:1:3:248579:9
GUID (UUID V4):94a73206-3aad-4963-930c-a77aeee4d93b
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
11.7km (7.3 miles) Argimela Mine (Argemela Mine), Barco e Coutada, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal
36.6km (22.7 miles) Vale de Abrutiga Mine, Ázere e Covelo, Tábua, Coimbra, Portugal
39.2km (24.3 miles) São Miguel de Acha Mines, São Miguel D'acha, Idanha-a-Nova, Castelo Branco, Portugal
43.2km (26.9 miles) Cabris Mine, União de freguesias de Corujeira e Trinta, Guarda, Guarda, Portugal
43.7km (27.2 miles) Melo e Nabais, Gouveia, Guarda, Portugal
44.5km (27.7 miles) Sítio do Castelo Mine, Folgosinho, Gouveia, Guarda, Portugal
45.4km (28.2 miles) Gonçalo Sul C 70 Mine, Gonçalo, Guarda, Guarda, Portugal
46.7km (29.0 miles) Alvarrões Mine, Gonçalo, Guarda, Guarda, Portugal
47.1km (29.3 miles) Unnamed pegmatite quarry, Maçainhas, Belmonte, Castelo Branco, Portugal
47.2km (29.4 miles) Picoto Mine, Vilar Seco, Nelas, Viseu, Portugal
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mining Areas: The Case Study of Panasqueira Mine (Central Portugal) as an Example Carla Candeias 1,*, Eduardo...Department, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, Aveiro 3810-193, Portugal; E-Mail: eafsilva@ua.pt LNEG—National...da Amieira, Apartado 1089, S. Mamede de Infesta 4466-901, Portugal; E-Mail: paula.avila@lneg.pt Environmental...Rua Alexandre Herculano, 321, Porto 4000-055, Portugal; E-Mail: jpft12@gmail.com * Author to whom correspondence...26 September 2014 Abstract: The Sn-W Panasqueira mine, in activity since the mid-1890s, is one of the
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Carocci 1 and Filipe Pinto 2 1 2 * Université de Lorraine, CNRS, CREGU, GeoRessources, F-54000 Nancy...Panasqueira Mine, Beralt Tin and Wolfram, Barroca Grande, 6225-051 Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Portugal;...(G1), the more evolved member was an albite-Li-muscovite rare metal granite (G4). Granites showed three...quartz replacement yielded quartz-muscovite (pseudo-greisen) and muscovite only (episyenite) rocks. These...[4–10]). The Panasqueira W–Sn(Cu) deposit in Central Portugal, with ab initio endowment of ≥115 kt W, is one
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Granite Pluton at the Panasqueira Tungsten Deposit, Portugal: Genetic Implications as Revealed from New Geochemical...Panasqueira world-class tungsten deposit in central Portugal were subjected to chemical analyses and petrographic...swarm of flat quartz–muscovite veins rich in wolframite between Barroca Grande and Panasqueira. The contents...contents of W (Sn, Nb, Ta) in muscovite markedly drop at a transition from the unmineralized greisen...Granite Pluton at the Panasqueira Tungsten Deposit, Portugal: Genetic Implications as 1. Introduction Revealed
Report (issue)
States of America PHOTO CREDITS Cover Apatite on muscovite, 6.4 cm tall Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza-Nagar, Gilgit-Baltistan...rough (3.7 cm tall) and cut (24.61 carats) Cerro de Mercado, Durango, Mexico John Lucking collection... Werner's apatite samples originated in the tin mine in the town ofEhrenfriedersdorfin the Erzgebirge...Mimetite; San Francisco Mine, Magdalena, Sonora, Mexico Pyromorphite; Les Farges Mine, Correze, France...France Fluorapatite, 3 cm tall; Golconda Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil Fluorapatite in Calcite; Liscombe Property
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wolframite from tin and tungsten quartz veins in Portugal A.M.R. Neiva ⁎ Department of Earth Sciences, University...University of Coimbra, 3000-272 Coimbra, Portugal Received 9 August 2005; accepted 29 May 2006 Available...Sn-bearing quartz veins in Northern and Central Portugal are compared to provide evidence on fluid compositions...Cassiterite; Columbite; Ixiolite; Rutile; Wolframite; Portugal; Ore-forming fluids 1. Introduction ⁎ Fax: +351...and central Portugal. The most intense period of exploitation of Sn and W deposits in Portugal took place
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molybdenite from the Minas da Panasqueira, Beira Baixa, Portugal By A. HORRELL CLARK,B.Sc., A.R.S.M. Department...Panasqueira, near Fund~o, Beira Baixa, east-central Portugal, has confirmed the occurrence of the rhombohedral...molybdenite in quartz-feldspar porphyry at the Con mine, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, it...(1951) and by Bloot and de Wolf (1954). The author spent ten weeks on the mine in 1959, and has studied...through endoblastic (formation of K-feldspar, muscovite, and quartz), to hydrothermal conditions (Clark
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Phosphates in the W-Sn-Rich Lodes of the Panasqueira Mine (Portugal): Implications for the Ore-Forming Process...Departamento de Geologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Ed. C6, Piso 4, Campo Grande, 1749-016...1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal; jfigueiras@fc.ul.pt (J.F.); pcrodrigues@fc.ul.pt (P.C.R.) Instituto Dom Luiz...Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Ed. C1, Piso 0, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal; ijmartins@fc...Department, 6225-051 Barroca Grande, Portugal; filipe.pinto@beraltportugal.pt Instituto de Ciências da Terra
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
StableIsotopeStudiesof the Tin-Tungsten Deposits ofPanasqueira, Portugal WILLIAM C. KELLY AND RO•',Ei•T O. RyE Abstract...Abstract The tin-tungstendepositsof Panasqueira,Portugal, are the leadingsourceof tungsten in westernEuropeand...repeated deposition of some minerals like quartz, muscovite, and tourmaline. but four distinct depositionalstages...Beralt Tin and \Volfram Portugal, SARL, TnE ore deposits of Panasqueira, Portugal, have receivedlittle...importantly, if Clark mote mining district in central Portugal is a placeof (1964) was correct,here was a specialplacewhere
Journal (issue)
uitgewist temperatuur met warme in kan in fluids uit de breuken. Keny~ w.e. & Wagner~ G.A. (1977): Paleo-...en gesteente analysen aparte te gebruiken. van de 'Eend' zou deze van verenstaal gemaakt Het aanleggen...Middeneuropese middelgebergten werd in de Middeleeuwen vergemakkelijkt door de afwezigheid van bossen. 9 Bij...besteedt de analist meer tijd aan de analyse van het systeem dan aan het analytische probleem. 10 De geur...geur van de bloeiende Betuwe wordt op doordeweekse dagen ten onrechte toegeschreven aan de bloesem maar
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
world-class Panasqueira W–Sn–(Cu) ore deposit (Portugal) Gaëtan Launay a,b,∗ , Stanislas Sizaret a , Laurent...and Wolfram, S.A., Geology Department, Barroca Grande, Portugal d Institute of Earth Sciences (ICT), Pole...Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 687, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal b a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...the magmatic-hydrothermal stage at Panasqueira (Portugal). This textural analysis is combined with trace...underground mine works and drill cores, the upper part of this granite includes a quartz–muscovite greisen
Journal (issue)
Rhodonite, 4.7 cm, from the 1700 level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection...collection, John Chapman photo. • 2.5 cm, Top Camp mine, Western Ausytralia. George Stacey collection, Jeff...Scovil photo. Middle row from left: • 2.3 cm, Kintore mine, Coolgardie, Western Australia. Aloe Family collection;...spent the rest of their lives there as miners and mine captains. Cornish tradition favored the collecting...build his mineral collection. His job at the Moonta mine was sampling ore for the company’s assay office
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralizationat Panasqueira, Portugal,by High-Precision 4øAr/39r Age SpectrumTechniqueson Muscovite LAWRENCEW. SNEE...history (thermochronology) of the Panasqueira,Portugal,tin-tungstendeposit,a depositspatiallyassociated...volumediffusion. Thus,4øAr/39ragespectrum datingof muscovite can be usedto evaluatethermalconditionscontro...meaningfulgeochronologicaldata. With such The Panasqueira,Portugal, depositis locatedin capabilitiesboth for high...questions the Beira Baxia province of central Portugal, apconcerningthe actual length of a mineralization
Journal (issue)
Luzonite Pandaite copper arsenic sulfide C hinkuashih mine, Keelung, T aiw an 4 x5 $ 5 0 .0 0 , 2x3 $ 2 0 ...only one occurrence for legrandite, the Flor de Pena mine, Lampazos, Nuezo Leon, M exico. I have a doubly...reput­ able source, was labelled as from the Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, M exico. Can this be? Where can...availability of specimens? John E. Hufford (A) The Flor de Pena m ine is the type locality fo r legrandite but...both o f y o u r specim ens are fr o m the Ojuela mine. (Q) I have obtained a specimen of alvite from Helle
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals Article Rutile from Panasqueira (Central Portugal): An Excellent Pathfinder for Wolframite Deposition...Pinto 4,5 1 2 3 4 5 * GeoRessources, Université de Lorraine, CREGU, rue Jacques Callot, F-54506 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy...GeoRessources, Université de Lorraine, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Nancy, Parc de Saurupt, F-54042...F-54042 Nancy, France ISTERRE, Université de Grenoble-Alpes, F-38041 Grenoble, France; laurent.truche@univ-grenoble-alpes...Wolfram Portugal, 6225-051 Barroca Grande, Portugal; filipe.pinto@beraltportugal.pt Instituto de Ciências
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tourmaline from the Panasqueira W-Sn-Cu deposit, Portugal Marta S. Codeço, Philipp Weis, Robert B. Trumbull...tourmaline from the Panasqueira W-Sn-Cu deposit, Portugal, Chemical Geology (2017), doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo...tourmaline from the Panasqueira W-Sn-Cu deposit, Portugal Marta S. Codeçoa*, Philipp Weisa, Robert B. Trumbulla...Beralt Tin & Wolfram (Portugal) S.A., Barroca Grande, 6225-051, Castelo Branco, Portugal c Institute of...Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 687, Porto, d AN Portugal Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
graniticassemblage,quartz+ K feldspar+ albite+ muscovite at around400øC.Readilyleachablesulfides andwolframitewithin...fluid flow systemis therefore proposed. Introduction de Wolf (1953), Clark (1964, 1965a, 1965b, 1969, 1970)...BarrocaGrande mine (after Beralt Tin Wolfram orientation of micas rather thanby a contemporaneous (Portugal) reports)...5 cm wide. SpecimenP266, Beira schistfrom Ribeiro de Porsim,6 km southeastof Panasqueira.Transmittedlight...cant. were partially contactmetamorphosed to muscovite The dominantpelitic and semipeliticlithologies
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
W-Cu-Sn-bearing hydrothermal veins at Minas da Panasqueira, Portugal K. A . FOXFORD, R. N1CHOLSON AND D. A . POLYA...of the Panasqueira W~Cu-Sn deposit of central Portugal have revealed the presence of coeval forms of... ~ Early Precambrian Fault FI(~. 1. Map of Portugal showing the location of Panasqueira and the distribution...(redrawn after Inverno and Ribeiro, 1980). northern Portugal (Kelly and Rye, 1979). The sub-horizontal ore...greisenised granitic cupola, which crops out within the mine workings, but are not restricted to its vicinity
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization: examples from Minas da Panasqueira, Portugal Dominique Jacques 1 & Romeu Vieira 2 & Philippe...Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 687, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal orientation is determined by local stress states...the deposits and their overall structural context (de Roo 1988). Vein-type deposits, representing the major...(Landis and Rye 1974; Denisenko 1986; Thorn 1988; de Roo 1988; Jackson and Willis-Richards 1989; Liu and...focus on the Panasqueira veins, both within the mine and on a more regional scale, constraining their
Journal (issue)
Front cover: Sulfur on Aragonite, 25 cm Cozzodisi mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Adalberto...in France with the crystallographic works of Rome de l'Isle (1736---1790) and Rene Just Haüy (1743-1822)...place in the Sardinian mines and the Traversella mine (Piedmont). The second edition of the Catalogue...the period was that of Giuseppe Antonio Ambrogio De Cristoforis (18Q3-1837), who established the nucleus...obtain information about it from the original catalog (De Michele, 1978). A further collection tobe mentioned
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department of Geology, University of Salamanca, Plaza de los Caídos s/n, 37006 Salamanca, Spain; tllg@usal...mining district is formed by the Cadalso-Casillas de Flores Batholith and the Jálama Batholith granitic...the Navasfrías district (geographic coordinates Portugal Spain Guarda Batholith Cadalso–Casillas Massif...selvage zone c.2 cm thick composed of quartz and muscovite along the contact with the granitic host rock...They strike N180°E with subvertical dip and have muscovite-rich selvages; b – Crossing of N90°E and N65°E
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Paleozoic wall rocks. Previous 40 Ar/39Ar dating of muscovite and fluid inclusions, Re-Os dating of AC molybdenite...granitic rocks include two-mica monzogranites and muscovite granites (Peng et al., PT 2006; Wang and Ren...of the Piaotang mine, and include two-mica granites, biotite granites, and muscovite granites (Zhang...in length) intergrown with quartz, pyrite, and muscovite (Fig. 2a, b). Sample PT01 RI was collected from...coarse-grained wolframite, quartz, pyrite, and muscovite. Wolframite is commonly enclosed in quartz and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
wt% NbzOs have been reported from Panasqueira, Portugal, by POLYA (1988). Contents of Nb in Glen Gaim...HOSKING, 1970) and from Ruanda-Urundi in Africa (DE MAGNEE, 1960; VARLAMOFF,1958). However, EDWARDSand...variation of wolframite composition at Borralha, Portugal, further indicated a high hiib/fer ratio in close...crystals in an intensely silicified quartz-topaz-muscovite matrix. EXPERIMENTAL METHODS Samples containing...District, England, BEDDOE-STEPHENSand FORTEY, 1981; Portugal, A. G. TINDLE, unpublished; Sumatra, Indonesia
Catalog/List
SPRING 1989 ft. We((enj\linera(s Mineral Dealer & Mine Agent "Endsleigh", 50 Daniell Road, Truro, Cornwall...5x2-Jx1-J", £8.50. ALLOPHANE/LINARITE. Maid of Sunshine Mine,Cochise Co..Arizona.U.S.A. Highly attractive and... 1-£xl£x1", £8.00. 5- ALSTONITE. Fallowfields Mine,Nr.Hexham,Northumbria. A 2x£" channel developed... 'B'. 2£x1-£xl£", £5-00. 9- ANAPAITE. Bellaver de Cerdena.Gerona,Spain. Fragment of concretionary geode...2£x1Jx5/8". £5-00. 28. AZURITE/MALACHITE. Tsumcorp> Mine,Otavi.Namibia. Choice,lustrous-surfaced composite
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and Sales Rock & Gem 10/24/14 4:23 PM 7 Rio Grande Tools.idml 7 10/22/14 4:22 PM L apidary of...greatest number of apatite crystals has to be Cerro de Mercado (Durango), Mexico. Years ago, I made an extended...Evan. We visited a number of mines, including Cerro de Mercado. Bill was gathering information for his book...future Rock & Gem articles. When we arrived at Cerro de Mercado, we were astounded by the myriad fine, yellow...specimen of gemmy, pink fluorapatite on muscovite from the muscovite locality in the Hunza Valley (Gilgit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
al. 1998; Mohamed 2013). At the Panasqueira mine, Portugal, there are at least two generations of cassiterite...inclusion-free colorless cassiterite from the Viloco (Araca) Mine, Bolivia, a chip of synthetic zircon, and aqueous...hydrothermal fluids react with feldspar to form muscovite and quartz and/or topaz and/or fluorite, a cassiterite-forming...Panasqueira Mine. The author thanks Manuel Pacheco and Felipe Pinto (Beralt Tin & Wolfram, Barroca Grande, Portugal)...visits possible and for their guidance through the mine, Pilar 25 Raman spectroscopy on tin in H2O+HCl
 
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