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Covelo, Gondomar, Porto, Portugali
Regional Level Types
CoveloCivil Parish
GondomarMunicipality
PortoDistrict
PortugalCountry

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Mindat Locality ID:
239465
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:239465:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Covelo, Gondomar, Porto, Portugal
German:
Covelo , Gondomar, Distrikt Porto, Portugal
Portuguese:
Covelo, Gondomar, Porto, Portugal
Russian:
Ковелу , Гондомар, Порту, Португалия
Simplified Chinese:
科韦卢 , 贡多马尔, 波爾圖區, 葡萄牙
Spanish:
Covelo , Gondomar, Distrito de Oporto, Portugal
Asturian:
Covelo, Gondomar, Distritu de Porto
Cebuano:
Covelo, Gondomar, Distrito do Porto
Dutch:
Covelo, Gondomar, Porto, Portugal
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Ковелу
Turkish:
Covelo , Gondomar, Portekiz


Parish of Gondomar municipality. Due to an administrative merger held in Jan 2013 a new and bigger parish was formed "União das Freguesias de Foz do Sousa e Covelo".

Registered mining concession (up to 1962):
2159 Golela no. 1 (Sb-Au), registered on 15-03-1946
2160 Borralhal (Sb-Au), 15-03-1946
2156 Montalto no. 3 (Sb-Au), 14-03-1946
2157 Peneda no. 1 (Sb-Au), 14-03-1946
2158 Peneda no. 2 (Sb-Au), 14-03-1946
2154 Pinheirinhos (Sb-Au), 12-03-1946
2155 Montalto no. 2 (Sb-Au), 12-03-1946
CM41 São Pedro da Cova (Coal), 13-10-1943
1217 Covelo Carvão (coal-anthracite), 05-08-1922 (inc. in the São Pedro da Cova mining field)
1214 Gens, Midões e Covelo no. 4 (coal-anthracite), 03-08-1922 (inc. in the São Pedro da Cova mining field)
CM2 Pederneira (coal), 09-06-1920
424 Ribeira da Lameira e Pederneira (coal), 27-02-1907 (inc. in the São Pedro da Cova mining field)
209 Ribeira (Sb), 15-03-1888 (cancelled)
205 Tapada da Escusa (Sb), 13-02-1888
204 Sitio do Fojo - Carvalhal (Sb-Au), 11-02-1888
101 Carvalhal e Vale de Infesta (Sb), 01-08-1874
25 Montalto (Sb-Au), 28-10-1865
12 Gens, Midões e Covelo (coal), 12/08/1859 (inc. in the São Pedro da Cova mining field)

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10 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
Native Gold1.AA.05Au
Native Silver1.AA.05Ag
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Stibnite2.DB.05Sb2S3
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Arsenopyrite2.EB.20FeAsS
Kermesite2.FD.05Sb2S2O
Jamesonite2.HB.15Pb4FeSb6S14
Heteromorphite2.HC.10cPb7Sb8S19
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
O KermesiteSb2S2O
O QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S ArsenopyriteFeAsS
S HeteromorphitePb7Sb8S19
S JamesonitePb4FeSb6S14
S KermesiteSb2S2O
S PyriteFeS2
S SphaleriteZnS
S StibniteSb2S3
FeIron
Fe ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Fe JamesonitePb4FeSb6S14
Fe PyriteFeS2
ZnZinc
Zn SphaleriteZnS
AsArsenic
As ArsenopyriteFeAsS
AgSilver
Ag Native SilverAg
SbAntimony
Sb HeteromorphitePb7Sb8S19
Sb JamesonitePb4FeSb6S14
Sb KermesiteSb2S2O
Sb StibniteSb2S3
AuGold
Au Native GoldAu
PbLead
Pb HeteromorphitePb7Sb8S19
Pb JamesonitePb4FeSb6S14

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covelo_(Gondomar)
Wikidata ID:Q1138024
GeoNames ID:8012709

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