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Moncorvo Mining Field, Torre de Moncorvo, Bragança, Portugali
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Torre de MoncorvoMunicipality
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An old view of the mining area

Moncorvo Mining Field, Torre de Moncorvo, Bragança, Portugal
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Steam train

Moncorvo Mining Field, Torre de Moncorvo, Bragança, Portugal
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Location of slag deposits in the Moncorvo region

Moncorvo Mining Field, Torre de Moncorvo, Bragança, Portugal
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An old view of the mining area

Moncorvo Mining Field, Torre de Moncorvo, Bragança, Portugal
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Steam train

Moncorvo Mining Field, Torre de Moncorvo, Bragança, Portugal
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Location of slag deposits in the Moncorvo region

Moncorvo Mining Field, Torre de Moncorvo, Bragança, Portugal
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An old view of the mining area

Moncorvo Mining Field, Torre de Moncorvo, Bragança, Portugal
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Steam train

Moncorvo Mining Field, Torre de Moncorvo, Bragança, Portugal
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 10' 4'' North , 6° 59' 21'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
41.16784,-6.98922
GeoHash:
G#: ez740yqs5
GRN:
N28W04
Type:
Mining Field
Köppen climate type:
Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate
Mindat Locality ID:
260952
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:260952:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Name(s) in local language(s):
Campo Mineiro de Moncorvo, Torre de Moncorvo, Torre de Moncorvo, Distrito de Bragança, Portugal


Lower-Middle Ordovician ironstone deposit.
"The Moncorvo Ironstone present some unusual characteristics, such as the lack of ooids, an uncommon mineralogy, and a stratigraphic thickness that can reach over >45 m, a remarkable feature for an ironstone. Our investigation reveals that this iron-rich sequence is distributed in two distinct marine environments: an inner shelf and a middle to distal shelf. Each environment has a unique mineral assemblage. Despite the influence of metamorphism and deformation, evidence suggests that much of the mineralogy and texture of this deposit still preserve characteristics of the original sediments." (Urbano et al., 2025).

Campo Mineiro de Moncorvo - informação: LNEG/Siorminp

Substâncias e/ou metais: ferro (minério)
Código: 466Fe
Categoria: recurso mineral pré-viável
Dimensão: média
Entidade exploradora: Ferrominas, EP
Localidades: Felgar, Torre de Moncorvo, Felgueiras e Carviçais
Concelho: Torre de Moncorvo
Distrito: Bragança

1. Geologia da ocorrência
Tipos:
- Ocorrências de ferro, ligadas a processos metamórficos; estratiformes
- Ocorrências de ferro, detríticas; eluvionares e aluvionares
2. Génese:
Sedimentar marinha. Singenética, metamórfica. A génese primitiva é sedimentar, com mineralização ferrífera limonítica ou siderítica, que passou por metamorfismo a especularite, martite e magnetite. Sedimentar detrítica
3. Descrição geológica:
Depósitos de Cabeço de Mua, Carvalhosa, Pedrada, Cotovia e Apriscos formados por bancadas de minério de ferro interestratificados em quartzitos, psamitos e xistos; eventos caledónicos; eluviões e coluviões (Quaternário)
4. Geologia local:
Flanco setentrional do sinclinório de Moncorvo a que corresponde a Serra do Reboredo em cujas cristas, onde domina o arenigiano (formação quartzítica), ocorrem os depósitos metamórficos de ferro em blocos tectónicos separados por falhas NNE
5. Geologia regional:
Metassedimentos do Paleozóico (Câmbrico, Grupo do Douro; Ordovícico, Arenigiano, Lanviraniano e Landeiliano; Silúrico). Depósitos de Cobertura. Granitóides Hercínicos
6. Mineralizações principais: martite, especularite, magnetite (ferro magnético)
7. Mineralizações secundárias: goethite (minério de ferro acicular), limonite, pirite
8. Distribuições: maciça estratificada, semi-maciça, bandada, irregular
9. Morfologias: estratiforme, aluvionar
10. Gangas: quartzo, sericite, andaluzite
11. Rochas encaixantes: quartzitos, xistos, psamitos

Concessões mineiras:
267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 342, 343

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7 valid minerals.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘGoethite4.00.Fe3+O(OH)
ⓘMagnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
ⓘHematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
ⓘvar. Martite4.CB.05Fe2O3
ⓘvar. Specularite4.CB.05Fe2O3
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘAndalusite9.AF.10Al2(SiO4)O
ⓘMuscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘvar. Sericite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Unclassified
ⓘ'Limonite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Hⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Hⓘ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
OOxygen
Oⓘ AndalusiteAl2(SiO4)O
Oⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Oⓘ HematiteFe2O3
Oⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Oⓘ Hematite var. MartiteFe2O3
Oⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ Hematite var. SpeculariteFe2O3
Oⓘ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
AlAluminium
Alⓘ AndalusiteAl2(SiO4)O
Alⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Alⓘ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ AndalusiteAl2(SiO4)O
Siⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
Siⓘ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SSulfur
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
KPotassium
Kⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Kⓘ Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
FeIron
Feⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Feⓘ HematiteFe2O3
Feⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Feⓘ Hematite var. MartiteFe2O3
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
Feⓘ Hematite var. SpeculariteFe2O3

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References

Jorge Custódio and G. Monteiro de Barros (1984): O Ferro de Moncorvo e o seu aproveitamento através dos tempos (The Iron of Moncorvo and its use through the ages). Publicação Ferrominas EP, xx pp.
Urbano, Emilio Evo Magro Correa; Gomes, Maria Elisa Preto; Meireles, Carlos Augusto Pinto de; Brandão, Paulo Roberto Gomes; Hippertt, João Pedro T.M.; Scholz, Ricardo; Lana, Cristiano (2025) Depositional environment and redox conditions of the Moncorvo Ironstone – Unveiling the evolution of ironstones under Rheic Ocean influence. Sedimentary Geology, 482. 106885 doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2025.106885
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