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São Tomé do Castelo e Justes, Vila Real, Vila Real, Portugali
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São Tomé do Castelo e JustesCivil Parish
Vila RealMunicipality
Vila RealDistrict
PortugalCountry

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Mindat Locality ID:
261522
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:261522:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
German:
União das Freguesias de São Tomé do Castelo e Justes, Vila Real, Distrikt Vila Real, Portugal
Portuguese:
São Tomé do Castelo e Justes, Vila Real, Vila Real, Portugal
Asturian:
São Tomé do Castelo e Justes, Vila Real, Distritu de Vila Real
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
São Tomé do Castelo e Justes, Vila Real, Vila Real Koān


Parish of Vila Real municipality. Due to an administrative merger held in Jan 2013 a new and bigger parish was formed "União das Freguesias de São Tomé do Castelo e Justes".

Registered mining concessions (up to 1962):
No. 2936 Leiroz (Sn-W), registered on 01-06-1954 - cancelled
No. 563 Cumieira (W), registered on 10-03-1913 - see http://www.mindat.org/loc-71507.html (this mine is situated in two parishes, also in Lamares)

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4 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Arsenopyrite2.EB.20FeAsS
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
SSulfur
S ArsenopyriteFeAsS
S PyriteFeS2
FeIron
Fe ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Fe PyriteFeS2
AsArsenic
As ArsenopyriteFeAsS
SnTin
Sn CassiteriteSnO2

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Wikidata ID:Q17294251
GeoNames ID:8014052

Localities in this Region

  • Vila Real

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Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate

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