Herdade dos Alfaiates Mine, Vidigueira, Vidigueira, Beja, Portugali
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Herdade dos Alfaiates Mine | Mine |
| Vidigueira | Civil Parish |
| Vidigueira | Municipality |
| Beja | District |
| Portugal | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 14' 20'' North , 7° 46' 15'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Vidigueira | 5,932 (2018) | 4.1km |
| Cuba | 4,878 (2018) | 13.4km |
| São Matias | 569 (2018) | 16.2km |
| Faro do Alentejo | 591 (2018) | 18.0km |
| Alvito | 2,504 (2018) | 19.3km |
Name(s) in local language(s):
Mina da Herdade dos Alfaiates, Vidigueira, Vidigueira, Distrito de Beja, Portugal
Asbestos.
Mining concession no. 992 Herdade dos Alfaiates (Asbestos), registration date 05-03-1921.
LNEG Geoportal ref: 2125Amianto
Cerro da Malhada e Herdade dos Alfaiates - são ocorrências/minas contíguas.
Geologia da Ocorrência
Tipos: Ocorrências de Amianto - Ligadas a processos metamórficos - Irregular.
Génese: Metamórfica, relacionada com serpentinitos.
Descrição Geológica: Bolsadas de amianto em serpentinitos.
Geologia Local: Séries cristalofílicas azóicas - rochas verdes.
Geologia Regional: Câmbrico - Ordovícico.
Mineralizações Principais: Tremolite (Gramatite), Actinolite (Pedra radial).
Morfologias: Irregular.
Gangas: Serpentinitos.
Rochas Encaixantes: Serpentinitos
Concessões: 991, 992.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
2 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Actinolite Formula: ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 |
| ⓘ 'Serpentine Subgroup' Formula: D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
| ⓘ Tremolite Formula: ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Actinolite | 9.DE.10 | ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Tremolite | 9.DE.10 | ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Serpentine Subgroup' | - | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Actinolite | ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Tremolite | ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Actinolite | ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Tremolite | ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Actinolite | ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 |
| Mg | ⓘ Tremolite | ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Actinolite | ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Tremolite | ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Actinolite | ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 |
| Ca | ⓘ Tremolite | ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Actinolite | ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 |
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