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Três Povos, Fundão, Castelo Branco, Portugali
Regional Level Types
Três PovosCivil Parish
FundãoMunicipality
Castelo BrancoDistrict
PortugalCountry

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Mindat Locality ID:
260174
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:260174:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
Portuguese:
Três Povos, Fundão, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Asturian:
Três Povos, Fundão
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Três Povos, Fundão, Castelo Branco Koān


Old parish of Fundão municipality. Due to an administrative merger held in 2013, between the old parishes of Salgueiro and Escarigo, a new and bigger parish was formed "Três Povos".

Registered mining concessions up to 1962:
No. 1576 Cabeço das Cabras (Sn), registered on 10-01-1927
1577 Malta no. 2 (W-Sn), 10-01-1927
1578 Ribeiro do Salgueiro no. 2 (Sn), 10-01-1927
1314 Ribeiro do Salgueiro no. 1 (W), 28-03-1923
1242 Cabeço da Barroca do Vale Covo (W), 31-10-1922
1131 Caneca (W), 01-05-1922
1080 Pombal no. 3 (W-Sn), 23-01-1922
713 Lameiros (Quinta da Caneca) (W-Sn), 02-10-1916
716 Veias (W-Sn), 02-10-1916
704 São Dionísio no. 2 A (W), 05-05-1916
705 Vale Côvo (W), 05-05-1916
693 São Dionísio no. 2 (W), 22-03-1916
692 São Dionísio no. 1 (W), 11-03-1916
686 Ribeiro de Salgueiro (W-Sn), 12-01-1916
674 Pombal (W), 18-11-1915

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2 valid minerals.

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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

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Wikidata ID:Q20059602
GeoNames ID:8011698

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