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Cerro da Lombada Mine, Mértola, Mértola, Beja, Portugali
Regional Level Types
Cerro da Lombada MineMine (Abandoned)
MértolaCivil Parish
MértolaMunicipality
BejaDistrict
PortugalCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 41' 14'' North , 7° 38' 31'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
37.68725,-7.64219
GRN:
N26W05
Type:
Mine (Abandoned) - last checked 2026
Köppen climate type:
Csa : Hot-summer Mediterranean climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Mértola7,274 (2018)5.2km
Minas de São Domingos2,500 (2018)12.8km
Paymogo1,310 (2012)26.8km
El Granado612 (2012)27.3km
Sanlúcar de Guadiana363 (2018)28.5km
Mindat Locality ID:
263880
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:263880:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Name(s) in local language(s):
Mina do Cerro da Lombada, Mértola, Mértola, Distrito de Beja, Portugal


Ba mine.
Mining concession no. 3052 Cerro da Lombada (Ba), registered on 18-01-1956.


LNEG Geoportal ref: 1827Ba

Geologia da Ocorrência
Tipos: Ocorrências de Bário - Disseminadas e filonianas ligadas a distintas formações vulcano-sedimentares.
Génese: Epigenética, vulcanogénica.
Descrição Geológica: Filão e filonetes quartzosos.
Geologia Local: Complexo Vulcano-sedimentar.
Geologia Regional: Carbónico.
Mineralizações Principais: Barite.
Morfologias: Filão.
Gangas: Quartzo.
Rochas Encaixantes: Tufos básicos.
Concessões: 3052.

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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
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘBaryte7.AD.35BaSO4

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ BaryteBaSO4
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
Sⓘ BaryteBaSO4
BaBarium
Baⓘ BaryteBaSO4

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