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Fateota Mine, Santiago do Cacém, Santiago do Cacém, Santa Cruz e São Bartolomeu da Serra, Santiago do Cacém, Setúbal, Portugali
Regional Level Types
Fateota MineMine (Abandoned)
Santiago do Cacém- not defined -
Santiago do Cacém, Santa Cruz e São Bartolomeu da SerraCivil Parish
Santiago do CacémMunicipality
SetúbalDistrict
PortugalCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 0' 1'' North , 8° 42' 12'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Mine (Abandoned) - last checked 2021
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Santiago do Cacém7,797 (2018)2.0km
Santo André10,601 (2017)9.6km
Sines12,791 (2014)15.4km
Porto Covo1,400 (2011)18.1km
Cercal3,772 (2018)22.3km
Mindat Locality ID:
240385
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:240385:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Name(s) in local language(s):
Mina da Fateota, Santiago do Cacém, Santiago do Cacém, Distrito de Setúbal, Portugal


Inactive Cu mine.

Mining concession no. 3193 registered on 19-02-1958.

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Geologia da ocorrência:
Tipos: ocorrências de cobre - ligadas a vulcanismo - disseminadas
Descrição geológica: grés e cimento de conglomerados impregnados essencialmente de malaquite, por vezes recortados por filonetes de quartzo também cupríferos
Mineralizações de idade pós-triássica
Mineralizações principais: azurite, cuprite (cobre vermelho), malaquite
Morfologias: estratiforme
Rochas encaixantes: conglomerados, grés
Geologia local: arenitos de Silves. Complexo vulcano-sedimentar básico
Geologia regional: Triássico superior; Jurássico
in LNEG

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


6 valid minerals.

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Chalcocite2.BA.05Cu2S
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Cuprite4.AA.10Cu2O
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Azurite5.BA.05Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Malachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
H MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
CCarbon
C AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
C CalciteCaCO3
C MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
OOxygen
O AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
O CalciteCaCO3
O CupriteCu2O
O MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
O QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S ChalcociteCu2S
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
CuCopper
Cu AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Cu ChalcociteCu2S
Cu CupriteCu2O
Cu MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2

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