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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Arsenopyrite11 photos of Calcite associated with Arsenopyrite at this locality.
Fluorite6 photos of Calcite associated with Fluorite at this locality.
Fluorapatite6 photos of Calcite associated with Fluorapatite at this locality.
Muscovite5 photos of Calcite associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Siderite3 photos of Calcite associated with Siderite at this locality.
Pyrite2 photos of Calcite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Sphalerite1 photo of Calcite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Chalcopyrite1 photo of Calcite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Galena1 photo of Calcite associated with Galena at this locality.
Marcasite1 photo of Calcite associated with Marcasite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite 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:43122
Long-form Identifier:1:3:43122:8
GUID (UUID V4):f21eb1e3-e091-4f0b-a66d-d2bbcf61c187
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
49.1km (30.5 miles) Fonte da Cal Mine, Bendada Mines, Bendada, Sabugal, Guarda, Portugal
49.1km (30.5 miles) Bendada Mines, Bendada, Sabugal, Guarda, Portugal
63.7km (39.6 miles) Vale da Aveleira, Pussos São Pedro, Alvaiázere, Leiria, Portugal
74.5km (46.3 miles) Chão Queimado - Serra do Sicó quarry, Vila Cã, Pombal, Leiria, Portugal
74.9km (46.5 miles) Assunção Mine, Aldeia Nova, Ferreira de Aves, Sátão, Viseu, Portugal
75.4km (46.8 miles) Barrocal No. 2 quarry, Pombal, Pombal, Leiria, Portugal
78.3km (48.6 miles) Castelo, Freixianda, Ribeira do Fárrio e Formigais, Ourém, Santarém, Portugal
78.9km (49.0 miles) Ratoeira quarry, U.F. Sequeiros e Gradiz, Aguiar da Beira, Guarda, Portugal
89.3km (55.5 miles) Palhal Mine, Branca, Albergaria-a-Velha, Aveiro, Portugal
90.0km (55.9 miles) Telhadela Mine, Ribeira de Fráguas, Albergaria-a-velha, Aveiro, 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
Report (issue)
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...Fluorapatite, 3 cm tall; Golconda Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil Fluorapatite in Calcite; Liscombe Property, Wilberforce...a large quantity of hydroxylapatite at the Sapo Mine, Minas Gerais Brazil (Menezes 2009) (see page 54)
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)
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
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...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...located in the Beira Baxia provinceof central Portugal about 34 km westof the city of Fundgo(Fig. 1)
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)
Deposits:Datingthe Stagesof Mineralizationat Panasqueira, Portugal,by High-Precision 4øAr/39r Age SpectrumTechniqueson...history (thermochronology) of the Panasqueira,Portugal,tin-tungstendeposit,a depositspatiallyassociated...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...and other featurescomparedto other sectionsof the mine. Kelly andRye (1979, p. 1763) observed"unFIG. 1
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...respectively;locationdata are given with respectto the mine grid; major oxidesin wt percent, trace element concentrationsin...variesconsiderably.Over the 60-m vertical intervals between mine haulage levels, veins Quartz 92 (_+5) 2.6 88 3 2
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)
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
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...metall:.ic xtls,plus a little clear scalenahedral Calcite in association. Pretty, smaller specimen. 1-Jx-JxJ-"
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
INTRAPROCK OTHER ASSOCIATE!) MINERALS APOPHYLLITE, CALCITE. ~5'*Slk: ACTUAL SIZE %>n>^ OFTHE WHOLE AREA...V s ^ V SEASONS PYRITE PENETRATING .THROUGH CALCITE CRYSTAL MARCASITE PREHNITE. GREETINGS Figure...pen-and-ink of fluorite and barite from Rock Candy mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia. The specimen was...drawing of apatite with quartz from Barroca Grande mine, Panasqueria, Portugal; 1987. S E P T E M B E R / O...Juanita Curtis oil of wulfenite from the Rowley mine, Arizona. 336 ROCKS AND M I N E R A L S Figure
Journal (issue)
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...stopped to take photos at the main entrance to the mine and we were able to collect as many yellow apatite
Journal (issue)
Articles Famous mineral localities: the Taewha mine, K orea...........................................COVER: WULFENITE with mimetitefrom the San Francisco mine near Magdalena, Sonora, Mexico. The large crystal...Society (Baltimore, MD) Carlos do Prado do Barbosa (Rio de Janeiro) Pierre Bariand, University o f Paris (Paris)...Fenn (Colonia Juarez, Mex.) Alfredo Ferri, / Sassi de Alfredo Ferri (Milan, Italy) Chris and Agatha Galas...(Phoenix, AZ) Dick Jones, Dick Jones Mineral Co. (Casa Grande, AZ) Tony Jones, Calif. Rock and Mineral (Temple
Journal (issue)
Articles Famous mineral localities: the Taewha mine, Korea ...........................................COVER: WULFENITE with mimetite from the San Francisco mine near Magdalena, Sonora, Mexico. The large crystal...(Baltimore. MD) Carlos do Prado do Barbosa (Rio de Janeiro) Pierre Bariand. University of Paris (Paris)...Fenn (Colonia Juarez, Mex.) Alfredo Ferri,/ Sassi de Alfredo Ferri (Milan, Italy) Chris and Agatha Galas...(Phoenix, AZ) Dick Jones, Dick Jones Mineral Co. (Casa Grande, AZ) Tony Jones, Calif. Rock and Mineral (Temple
Catalog/List
A/l. xtls, plus a little interdeveloped gemmy Calcite, richly encrusting an open, geode-like matrix....5x2x5/8", £8.75 A/4. ADAMITE. Kameriza Central Mine, Laurium, Attica, Greece. A sparkling lime-green...crystalline Natrolite and Calcite. 2.25x1.75x1", £7.50. 2. ANALCIME/NATROLITE/CALCITE. Dean Quarry, St Keverne... and small area of brownish-yellow 'dogtooth' Calcite crystals. 5x3.5x1.25", £9.50. 3. ANATASE/ADULARIA...5x2x1", £10.00 6. ANDRADITE GARNET. Belstone Consols Mine, Sticklepath, Devonshire. A vitreous brownishgreen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
lenticular as revealed by borehole data and mapping of mine sections (Figure 3c,d). The ores are mainly veined...mica, sericite, chlorite, epidote, fluorite, and calcite (Figure 6). Wolframite is the main economic mineral...(Figure 6d–f). Carbonation is mainly composed of calcite, which represents the low-temperature alteration...The veins from this stage are mainly composed of calcite and quartz (Figure 4f). Figure 6. Representative...laminated quartz veins, and reefs at Bendigo gold mine, Australia: Insights for ore genesis. Econ. Geol
Journal (issue)
long in clusters were mined at the Mashamba copper mine, in Zaire. When they were introduced at major shows...Arizona, comes to mind immediately, as the Southwest mine produced some of the most handsome, multi-inch,...the world’s finest—have come from the Milpillas mine, in Sonora, Mexico. Actual mining of this deep deposit...were discovered there, and from 2006 to 2012 the mine produced huge quantities of the world’s finest azurites...often get enclosed by later forming minerals like calcite. (Evan Jones collection) The finest gem malachite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
RI PT Cloquet3, and Michel Cuney1 1: Université de Lorraine, CNRS, CREGU, GeoRessources, F-54506 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy...CH-1205 Geneva, NU Switzerland. 3: Université de Lorraine, CNRS, CRPG, F-54501 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy...underground levels in the former Puy-les-Vignes mine (now inaccessible) from the surface down to 300...at the GeoRessources CE laboratory (Université de Lorraine, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France). Mineralogical...carried out at the GeoRessources laboratory (Université de Lorraine, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France) using a Agilent
Book (volume)
of Germany BRAZIL Pergamon Editora Ltda, Rua E$a de Queiros, 346, CEP 04011, Paraiso, Sao Paulo, Brazil...to try to list all of the mining geologists and mine managers who made these visits possible and who...estudo de jazigos minerals; apesar do nosso desejo, nem tudo ihe e facilitado. Por exemplo, tera de recorrer...que urn trabalho de geologo francos seja publicado noutra lingua que a sua, apesar de geologos franees...em jazigos de outros paises da Europa Ocidental alem da Franca. Com urn bom conhecimento de f ranees riao
Book
Sangster The multi-gravity separator (MGS) — a mine-scale machine EePo avanenarasartmen Sr Res AN Ree...PROCESSING IN THE UK lead (galena) from previous mine wastes which had been hand dressed only with hammers...ore in 1875. The recovery of copper from cupreous mine waters, by precipitation on iron, was also widely...occasioned by his father’s enterprise at Glasdir copper mine in North Wales. However, Haynes and Elmore undoubtedly...exception may be the projected re-opening of Parys Mine in Anglesey. Coal preparation, on the other hand
 
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