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Melres, Gondomar, Porto, Portugali
Regional Level Types
MelresCivil Parish
GondomarMunicipality
PortoDistrict
PortugalCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Moreira11,336 (2018)
Melres10,328 (2018)
Mindat Locality ID:
249711
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:249711:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Melres, Gondomar, Porto, Portugal
German:
Melres, Gondomar, Distrikt Porto, Portugal
Portuguese:
Melres, Gondomar, Porto, Portugal
Russian:
Мелреш, Гондомар, Порту, Португалия
Simplified Chinese:
梅尔里什, 贡多马尔, 波爾圖區, 葡萄牙
Spanish:
Melres, Gondomar, Distrito de Oporto, Portugal
Asturian:
Melres, Gondomar, Distritu de Porto
Cebuano:
Melres, Gondomar, Distrito do Porto
Dutch:
Melres, Gondomar, Porto, Portugal
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Мелреш
Turkish:
Melres, 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 Melres e Medas".

Registered mining concessions (up to 1962):
CM48 Banjas (As-Pb-Au), registered on 12-07-1950
425 Sobrido (coal), registered on 28-02-1907 - Pederneira mining field
248 Vargem da Raposa (As-Pb-Au), registered on 10-03-1893 - Banjas mining field
244 Serra do Facho (Pb-Au), registered on 21-05-1892 - Banjas mining field
233 Serra de Montezelo (Pb-As-Au), registered on 13-01-1890 - Banjas mining field
212 Vale Fundo (Pb-As-Au), registered on 28-05-1888 - Banjas mining field
187 Vale do Braçal (Pb-Au), registered on 09-01-1886 - Banjas mining field
100 Alto do Sobrido (A), registered on 01-08-1874

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Mineral List

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

16 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Arsenopyrite
Formula: FeAsS
Berthierite
Formula: FeSb2S4
Cervantite
Formula: Sb3+Sb5+O4
Galena
Formula: PbS
Goethite
Formula: Fe3+O(OH)
Kermesite
Formula: Sb2S2O
Native Antimony
Formula: Sb
Native Gold
Formula: Au
Native Gold var. Electrum
Formula: (Au,Ag)
Native Sulphur
Formula: S8
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Senarmontite
Formula: Sb2O3
Siderite
Formula: FeCO3
Stibnite
Formula: Sb2S3
Tripuhyite
Formula: Fe3+Sb5+O4
Valentinite
Formula: Sb2O3
'Wolframite Group'

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 Antimony1.CA.05Sb
Native Sulphur1.CC.05S8
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Stibnite2.DB.05Sb2S3
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Arsenopyrite2.EB.20FeAsS
Kermesite2.FD.05Sb2S2O
Berthierite2.HA.20FeSb2S4
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Goethite4.00.Fe3+O(OH)
Senarmontite4.CB.50Sb2O3
Valentinite4.CB.55Sb2O3
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Tripuhyite4.DB.05Fe3+Sb5+O4
'Wolframite Group'4.DB.30 va
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 SenarmontiteSb2O3
O SideriteFeCO3
O TripuhyiteFe3+Sb5+O4
O ValentiniteSb2O3
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S ArsenopyriteFeAsS
S BerthieriteFeSb2S4
S GalenaPbS
S KermesiteSb2S2O
S PyriteFeS2
S StibniteSb2S3
S Native SulphurS8
FeIron
Fe ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Fe BerthieriteFeSb2S4
Fe GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe SideriteFeCO3
Fe TripuhyiteFe3+Sb5+O4
AsArsenic
As ArsenopyriteFeAsS
AgSilver
Ag Native Gold var. Electrum(Au,Ag)
SbAntimony
Sb Native AntimonySb
Sb BerthieriteFeSb2S4
Sb CervantiteSb3+Sb5+O4
Sb KermesiteSb2S2O
Sb SenarmontiteSb2O3
Sb StibniteSb2S3
Sb TripuhyiteFe3+Sb5+O4
Sb ValentiniteSb2O3
AuGold
Au Native Gold var. Electrum(Au,Ag)
Au Native GoldAu
PbLead
Pb GalenaPbS

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melres
Wikidata ID:Q1432562
GeoNames ID:8012714

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