Tapada dos Carvalhos e Carvalhal Mines, União de Freguesias Idanha-a-Nova e Alcafozes, Idanha-a-Nova, Castelo Branco, Portugali
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Tapada dos Carvalhos e Carvalhal Mines | Group of Mines (Abandoned) |
| União de Freguesias Idanha-a-Nova e Alcafozes | Civil Parish |
| Idanha-a-Nova | Municipality |
| Castelo Branco | District |
| Portugal | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
39° 56' 39'' North , 7° 15' 34'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Group of Mines (Abandoned) - last checked 2025
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Monsanto | 828 (2014) | 16.2km |
| Alcains | 5,030 (2012) | 17.1km |
| Castelo Branco | 33,479 (2012) | 23.9km |
| Fundão | 9,725 (2014) | 30.0km |
| Aldeia de Joanes | 1,333 (2018) | 30.8km |
Name(s) in local language(s):
Minas da Tapada dos Carvalhos e Carvalhal, Idanha-a-Nova, Idanha-a-Nova, Distrito de Castelo Branco, Portugal
Tin-tungsten (W-Sn) mines.
Contiguous mining concessions no. 2214 "Tapada dos Carvalhos" and no. 2215 "Carvalhal", registered on 05-02-1947.
Geologia da ocorrência:
- Tipos: 1 - ocorrências de estanho e/ou volfrâmio - detríticas - eluvionares e aluvionares; 2 - ocorrências de estanho e/ou volfrâmio - ligadas a granitos, filões.
- Génese: epigenética, hipotermal. Sedimentar detrítica.
- Descrição geológica: filões quartzosos orientados NW-SE. Aluvião estanífero.
- Geologia local: granito porfiróide.
- Geologia regional: granitos sin-F3.
- Morfologias: aluvionar, filão.
- Rochas encaixantes: granitos.
- Concessões: 2214, 2215.
(LNEG código 1682WSn)
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Cassiterite Formula: SnO2 |
| ⓘ Ilmenite Formula: Fe2+TiO3 |
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ 'Wolframite Group' |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Ilmenite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2+TiO3 |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Cassiterite | 4.DB.05 | SnO2 |
| ⓘ | 'Wolframite Group' | 4.DB.30 va | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Cassiterite | SnO2 |
| O | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Ti | Titanium | |
| Ti | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| Sn | Tin | |
| Sn | ⓘ Cassiterite | SnO2 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
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Tapada dos Carvalhos e Carvalhal Mines, União de Freguesias Idanha-a-Nova e Alcafozes, Idanha-a-Nova, Castelo Branco, Portugal