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Tornada e Salir do Porto, Caldas da Rainha, Leiria, Portugali
Regional Level Types
Tornada e Salir do PortoCivil Parish
Caldas da RainhaMunicipality
LeiriaDistrict
PortugalCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Salir do Porto797 (2018)
Mindat Locality ID:
256849
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:256849:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Tornada, Caldas da Rainha, Leiria, Portugal
German:
Tornada, Caldas da Rainha, Distrikt Leiria, Portugal
Portuguese:
Tornada, Caldas da Rainha, Leiria, Portugal
Russian:
Торнада, Калдаш-да-Раинья, Лейрия, Португалия
Spanish:
Tornada, Caldas da Rainha, Distrito de Leiria, Portugal
Asturian:
Tornada, Caldas da Rainha, Distritu de Leiria
Bulgarian:
Торнада, Лейрия, Португалия
Cebuano:
Tornada, Caldas da Rainha, Distrito de Leiria
Dutch:
Tornada, Caldas da Rainha, Leiria, Portugal
Finnish:
Salir do Porto, Caldas da Rainha, Leirian piiri, Portugali
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Торнада


Small village and parish of Caldas da Rainha municipality (due to an administrative merger held in 2013 a new and bigger parish was formed "União das Freguesias de Tornada e Salir do Porto").

- Salir do Porto caves.
- Salir do Porto sand dune (200 meters in length and 50 meters in height above sea level).

Registered mining concessions (up to 1962):
No. 2615 Campo no. 3 (halite), registered on 10-05-1950
No. 2614 Campo no. 2 (halite), registered on 09-05-1950
No. 2492 Campo (halite), registered on 04-02-1950
No. 809 Palhagueira (coal), registered on 29-07-1918

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List

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

5 valid minerals.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 3 - Halides
Halite3.AA.20NaCl
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Dolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
Aragonite5.AB.15CaCO3
Unclassified
'Limonite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
C AragoniteCaCO3
C CalciteCaCO3
C DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
OOxygen
O AragoniteCaCO3
O CalciteCaCO3
O DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
NaSodium
Na HaliteNaCl
MgMagnesium
Mg DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
SSulfur
S PyriteFeS2
ClChlorine
Cl HaliteNaCl
CaCalcium
Ca AragoniteCaCO3
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
FeIron
Fe PyriteFeS2

Fossils

There are 14 fossil localities 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.

Occurrences14
Youngest Fossil Listed157 Ma (Jurassic)
Oldest Fossil Listed164 Ma (Middle Jurassic)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Montejunto14163.5 - 157.3 Ma (Jurassic)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Arcomytilus
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Arcomytilus163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Isognomon
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pteriidae : Isognomon163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Eomiodon
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Eomiodon163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Heterodonta
subclass
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Heterodonta163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Actinostreon gregareum
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Palaeolophidae : Actinostreon : Actinostreon gregareum163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Camptonectes : Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salir_do_Porto
Wikidata ID:Q575984
GeoNames ID:8014230

Localities in this Region

  • Leiria
    • Caldas da Rainha
      • Tornada e Salir do Porto

Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect

Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
EuropeContinent

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