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Tondela, Viseu, Portugali
Regional Level Types
TondelaMunicipality
ViseuDistrict
PortugalCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Tondela8,800 (2018)
Campo de Besteiros1,474 (2018)
Parada de Gonta754 (2018)
Mindat Locality ID:
253677
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:253677:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Tondela, Viseu, Portugal
German:
Tondela, Distrikt Viseu, Portugal
Italian:
Tondela, distretto di Viseu, Portogallo
Portuguese:
Tondela, Viseu, Portugal
Russian:
Тондела, Визеу, Португалия
Simplified Chinese:
通德拉, 維塞烏區, 葡萄牙
Spanish:
Tondela, Distrito de Viseu, Portugal
Arabic:
توندلا, محافظة فيسيو, البرتغال
Asturian:
Tondela, Distritu de Viseu
Catalan:
Tondela, districte de Viseu, Portugal
Cebuano:
Tondela, Distrito de Viseu
Czech:
Tondela, Portugalsko
Dutch:
Tondela, Viseu, Portugal
Farsi/Persian:
توندلا, پرتغال
Georgian:
ტონდელა
Hungarian:
Tondela, Viseu, Portugália
Japanese:
トンデラ, ヴィゼウ県, ポルトガル
Korean:
톤델라, 비제우현, 포르투갈
Lithuanian:
Tondela, Vizou apskritis, Portugalija
Mazanderani:
توندلا
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Tondela, Viseu Koān
Mirandese:
Tondela, Çtrito de Biseu
Norwegian:
Tondela, Viseu, Portugal
Polish:
Tondela, Dystrykt Viseu, Portugalia
Romanian:
Tondela, Districtul Viseu, Portugalia
Turkish:
Tondela, Viseu District, Portekiz
Ukrainian:
Тондела, Візеу, Португалія
Vietnamese:
Tondela, Viseu, Bồ Đào Nha
Volapük:
Tondela
Waray:
Tondela, Viseu


Municipality of Viseu district.

Registered mining concessions (up to 1962)

Mineralmining concessionparishregistered on
W-Sn2430 MolelinhosMolelos28-10-1949
W2822 Bandeira do PiscoMosteiro de Fráguas02-04-1953
W-Sn2544 Vale do CarroSão João do Monte11-03-1950
W-Sn996 Vale da FonteSão Miguel do Outeiro15-03-1921
W985 BarbascalSão Miguel do Outeiro24-02-1921
W984 Vale da Portela do MeioSão Miguel do Outeiro23-02-1921
W-Sn2429 SobrosaSantiago de Besteiros28-10-1949

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List

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

2 valid minerals.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Cassiterite4.DB.05SnO2
'Wolframite Group'4.DB.30 va

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
O CassiteriteSnO2
O QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
SnTin
Sn CassiteriteSnO2

Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.

Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed33.9 Ma (Oligocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed37.2 Ma (Eocene)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Coja - Monteira137.2 - 33.9 Ma (Paleogene)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Geochelone
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Testudinidae : Geochelone37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tondela
Wikidata ID:Q796656
GeoNames ID:2733531

Localities in this Region

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Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate

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