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Quinta do Jardim Mine, Santa Maria e São Pedro e Sobral da Lagoa, Óbidos, Leiria, Portugali
Regional Level Types
Quinta do Jardim MineMine (Inactive)
Santa Maria e São Pedro e Sobral da LagoaCivil Parish
ÓbidosMunicipality
LeiriaDistrict
PortugalCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
39° 20' 43'' North , 9° 9' 59'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Mine (Inactive) - last checked 2019
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Óbidos11,187 (2018)1.9km
Caldas da Rainha27,378 (2018)6.9km
Nadadouro1,904 (2018)8.5km
Bombarral5,852 (2014)8.7km
Serra de El-Rei1,401 (2018)8.9km
Mindat Locality ID:
237191
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:237191:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Name(s) in local language(s):
Mina da Quinta do Jardim, São Pedro, Óbidos, Distrito de Leiria, Portugal


Diatomite occurrence (1935-2010?)

Registered mining concessions:
CM36 Quinta do Jardim, registered on 17-04-1940
1962 Barrocas, registered on 05-12-1939 (inc. Quinta do Jardim mining field)
1926 Quinta do Jardim, registered on04-12-1935 (inc. Quinta do Jardim mining field)



"Ministério da Economia e do Emprego, Direção-Geral de Energia e Geologia
Aviso nº 7109/2012
Faz -se público, nos termos do nº 2 do artigo 32º do Decreto-Lei nº 88/90 de 16 de março, que por despacho de 21 de junho de 2010, do Secretário de Estado Adjunto, da Indústria e do Desenvolvimento foi declarada, por esgotamento dos recursos objeto de concessão, a caducidade do contrato de concessão de exploração do depósito mineral de diatomito, a que corresponde o nº 74 de cadastro e a denominação de Quinta do Jardim, sito na freguesia de S. Pedro, do concelho de Óbidos, distrito de Leiria, assinado em 18 de junho de 1997, com a Sociedade Anglo Portuguesa de Diatomite, Lda, cujo extrato foi publicado no Diário da República, 3ª série, nº 176 de 1 de agosto de 1997. O presente aviso está também disponível na página eletrónica desta Direção-Geral.
19 de março de 2012 — O Subdiretor-Geral, Carlos A. A. Caxaria."
in Diário da República, 2ª série — No. 100 — 23 de maio de 2012.

[Direção-Geral de Energia e Geologia
Concessionário: Sociedade Anglo-Portuguesa de Diatomite, Lda
Processo: MN/C/074 QUINTA DO JARDIM
Substaância: Diatomito
Concelho: Óbidos
Data de Extinção da Concessão de Exploração: 12/03/2012]

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Opal
Formula: SiO2 · nH2O
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Opal4.DA.10SiO2 · nH2O

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HHydrogen
H OpalSiO2 · nH2O
OOxygen
O OpalSiO2 · nH2O
SiSilicon
Si OpalSiO2 · nH2O

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