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Valongo, Porto, Portugali
Regional Level Types
ValongoMunicipality
PortoDistrict
PortugalCountry

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Slate Museum (Centro Cultural de Campo e Museu da Lousa)

Campo, Valongo, Porto, Portugal
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Ermesinde39,420 (2018)
Valongo21,328 (2018)
Alfena15,211 (2018)
Campo8,916 (2018)
Sobrado6,703 (2018)
Museums in region:
Mindat Locality ID:
247128
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:247128:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Valongo, Porto, Portugal
German:
Valongo, Distrikt Porto, Portugal
Italian:
Valongo, distretto di Porto, Portogallo
Portuguese:
Valongo, Porto, Portugal
Russian:
Валонгу, Порту, Португалия
Simplified Chinese:
瓦隆古, 波爾圖區, 葡萄牙
Spanish:
Valongo, Distrito de Oporto, Portugal
Arabic:
فالونغو, بورتو, البرتغال
Armenian:
Վալոնգու
Asturian:
Valongo, Distritu de Porto
Basque:
Valongo, Porto
Catalan:
Valongo, districte de Porto, Portugal
Cebuano:
Valongo, Distrito do Porto
Dutch:
Valongo, Porto, Portugal
Farsi/Persian:
والونگو, پرتغال
Galician:
Valongo, Distrito do Porto, Portugal
Georgian:
ვალონგუ
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Валонгу
Mazanderani:
والونگو
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Valongo, Porto Koān
Polish:
Valongo, Portugalia
Romanian:
Valongo, Districtul Porto, Portugalia
Scots:
Valongo, Porto Destrict
Turkish:
Valongo, Portekiz
Ukrainian:
Валонгу, Порту, Португалія
Vietnamese:
Valongo, Porto, Bồ Đào Nha
Volapük:
Valongo
Waray:
Valongo Municipality, Porto


Municipality of Porto district.

Historic antimony, gold and tungsten production.

Many gold-antimony, tin-tungsten and lead-zinc-silver occurrences in the Valongo Belt, a NW-trending belt roughly 70-80 km long, just to the east of Porto and striking to near Viano de Castelo on the northern Portuguese coast. The Valongo belt is largely comprised of the Hercynian-aged Valongo Anticline.

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Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

13 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

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Detailed Mineral List:

Arsenopyrite
Formula: FeAsS
Cervantite
Formula: Sb3+Sb5+O4
Goethite
Formula: Fe3+O(OH)
Heteromorphite
Formula: Pb7Sb8S19
Kermesite
Formula: Sb2S2O
Native Gold
Formula: Au
Native Gold var. Electrum
Formula: (Au,Ag)
Native Sulphur
Formula: S8
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.
Siderite
Formula: FeCO3
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
Stibnite
Formula: Sb2S3
Valentinite
Formula: Sb2O3

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
Native Gold
var. Electrum
1.AA.05(Au,Ag)
1.AA.05Au
Native Sulphur1.CC.05S8
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Stibnite2.DB.05Sb2S3
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Arsenopyrite2.EB.20FeAsS
Kermesite2.FD.05Sb2S2O
Heteromorphite2.HC.10cPb7Sb8S19
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Goethite4.00.Fe3+O(OH)
Valentinite4.CB.55Sb2O3
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Cervantite4.DE.30Sb3+Sb5+O4
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Siderite5.AB.05FeCO3

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
CCarbon
C SideriteFeCO3
OOxygen
O CervantiteSb3+Sb5+O4
O GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
O KermesiteSb2S2O
O QuartzSiO2
O SideriteFeCO3
O ValentiniteSb2O3
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S ArsenopyriteFeAsS
S HeteromorphitePb7Sb8S19
S KermesiteSb2S2O
S PyriteFeS2
S SphaleriteZnS
S StibniteSb2S3
S Native SulphurS8
FeIron
Fe ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Fe GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe SideriteFeCO3
ZnZinc
Zn SphaleriteZnS
AsArsenic
As ArsenopyriteFeAsS
AgSilver
Ag Native Gold var. Electrum(Au,Ag)
SbAntimony
Sb CervantiteSb3+Sb5+O4
Sb HeteromorphitePb7Sb8S19
Sb KermesiteSb2S2O
Sb StibniteSb2S3
Sb ValentiniteSb2O3
AuGold
Au Native Gold var. Electrum(Au,Ag)
Au Native GoldAu
PbLead
Pb HeteromorphitePb7Sb8S19

Fossils

There are 3 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences18
Youngest Fossil Listed301 Ma (Carboniferous)
Oldest Fossil Listed466 Ma (Middle Ordovician)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Valongo1460.9 - 457.5 Ma (Ordovician)
Valongo - Lower1466 - 460.9 Ma (Middle Ordovician)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Blattaria
order
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattaria303.4 - 301.2 Ma
Carboniferous
Phyloblatta
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Archimylacridae : Phyloblatta303.4 - 301.2 Ma
Carboniferous
Archimylacridae
family
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Archimylacridae303.4 - 301.2 Ma
Carboniferous
Phyloblatta gaudryi
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Phyloblattidae : Phyloblatta : Phyloblatta gaudryi303.4 - 301.2 Ma
Carboniferous
Valdeania medeirosi
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Palaeodictyoptera : Eugereonidae : Valdeania : Valdeania medeirosi303.4 - 301.2 Ma
Carboniferous
Phyloblatta rosasi
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Archimylacridae : Phyloblatta : Phyloblatta rosasi303.4 - 301.2 Ma
Carboniferous
Phyloblatta portuensis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Archimylacridae : Phyloblatta : Phyloblatta portuensis303.4 - 301.2 Ma
Carboniferous
Eneriblatta
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Archimylacridae : Eneriblatta303.4 - 301.2 Ma
Carboniferous
Eneriblatta elegantissima
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Archimylacridae : Eneriblatta : Eneriblatta elegantissima303.4 - 301.2 Ma
Carboniferous
Eneriblatta insignis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Archimylacridae : Eneriblatta : Eneriblatta insignis303.4 - 301.2 Ma
Carboniferous
Eneriblatta valongensis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Archimylacridae : Eneriblatta : Eneriblatta valongensis303.4 - 301.2 Ma
Carboniferous
Eneriblatta lusitanica
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Archimylacridae : Eneriblatta : Eneriblatta lusitanica303.4 - 301.2 Ma
Carboniferous
Stephanomylacris
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Orthoptera : Stephanomylacris303.4 - 301.2 Ma
Carboniferous
Stephanomylacris duriensis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Orthoptera : Stephanomylacris : Stephanomylacris duriensis303.4 - 301.2 Ma
Carboniferous
Stephanomylacris zbyszewskii
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Orthoptera : Stephanomylacris : Stephanomylacris zbyszewskii303.4 - 301.2 Ma
Carboniferous
Sivorthis noctilio
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Orthidae : Sivorthis : Sivorthis noctilio466 - 460.9 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Delgadocrinus oportovinum
species
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Monobathrida : Delgadocrinidae : Delgadocrinus : Delgadocrinus oportovinum466 - 460.9 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 3 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valongo
Wikidata ID:Q604262
GeoNames ID:8010590

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