Atalaia Mines, Vilar Formoso, Almeida, Guarda, Portugali
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Atalaia Mines | Group of Mines (Abandoned) |
| Vilar Formoso | Civil Parish |
| Almeida | Municipality |
| Guarda | District |
| Portugal | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 36' 24'' North , 6° 51' 10'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Group of Mines (Abandoned) - last checked 2025
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Fuentes de Oñoro | 1,538 (2012) | 3.9km |
| La Alameda de Gardón | 133 (2012) | 9.3km |
| Aldea del Obispo | 401 (2012) | 12.2km |
| Espeja | 272 (2012) | 12.4km |
| Gallegos de Argañán | 359 (2012) | 13.0km |
Name(s) in local language(s):
Minas da Atalaia, Vilar Formoso, Almeida, Distrito da Guarda, Portugal
Tin-tungsten mines.
Contiguos mining concessions:
No. 2809 Fonte Barranco (Sn-W), registered on 26-12-1952
No. 2731 Vilar Formoso no. 1 (W), registered on 21-12-1951
No. 2732 Vilar Formoso no. 2 (W), registered on 21-12-1951
No. 2461 Atalaia no. 2 (W-Sn), registered on 13-12-1949
No. 1264 Capela de Santo Cristo da Cruz (W), registered on 11-12-1922
No. 1061 Atalaia (W), registered on 09-08-1921
No. 554 Folha da Atalaia (W-Sn), registered on 20-06-1912
Geologia da ocorrência
Tipos:
1 - Ocorrências de estanho e/ou volfrâmio - ligadas a granitos - filões.
2 - Ocorrências de estanho e/ou volfrâmio - detríticas - eluvionares e aluvionares.
3 - Ocorrências de estanho e/ou volfrâmio - ligadas a granitos - pegmatitos.
- Génese: epigenética, hipotermal e pegmatítica. Sedimentar detrítica.
- Descrição Geológica: filões quartzosos e pegmatíticos tungsténio-estaníferos orientados N60º a 65º E. Eluviões e aluviões cassiteríticos.
- Geologia Local: granito monzonítico porfiróide de grão grosseiro. Aluviões.
- Geologia regional: granitos tardi a pós-F3. Quaternário.
- Mineralizações principais: cassiterite, volframite.
- Mineralizações secundárias: scheelite, arsenopirite (mispíquel), pirite.
- Morfologias: filão, aluvionar.
- Gangas: pegmatitos, quartzo.
- Rochas Encaixantes: granitos.
- Concessões: 1061, 1264, 2461, 2731, 2732, 2809, 554.
(LNEG código 1564WSn)
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
5 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS |
| ⓘ Cassiterite Formula: SnO2 |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Scheelite Formula: Ca(WO4) |
| ⓘ 'Wolframite Group' |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Cassiterite | 4.DB.05 | SnO2 |
| ⓘ | 'Wolframite Group' | 4.DB.30 va | |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Scheelite | 7.GA.05 | Ca(WO4) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Cassiterite | SnO2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| As | Arsenic | |
| As | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Sn | Tin | |
| Sn | ⓘ Cassiterite | SnO2 |
| W | Tungsten | |
| W | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
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Atalaia Mines, Vilar Formoso, Almeida, Guarda, Portugal