Montalto Mine, Covelo, Gondomar, Porto, Portugali
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Montalto Mine | Mine |
| Covelo | Civil Parish |
| Gondomar | Municipality |
| Porto | District |
| Portugal | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° North , 8° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~4km
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Name(s) in local language(s):
Mina de Montalto, Covelo, Gondomar, Distrito do Porto, Portugal
In remote times, initially the Phoenicians, later and chiefly the Romans, exploited gold in this mining district. At the end of the XIX century, this belt was extensively mined for antimony; and, as a sub-product, gold contained in quartz veins.
The Montalto mine is an abandoned antimony and gold mine. It was mined after 1865 (mining concession no. 25, registration date 28-10-1865).
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS |
| ⓘ Heteromorphite Formula: Pb7Sb8S19 |
| ⓘ Jamesonite Formula: Pb4FeSb6S14 |
| ⓘ Kermesite Formula: Sb2S2O |
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au Description: Minerais de Portugal Continental, Elementos Nativos, Amílcar Mário de Jesus, Lisboa 1928. |
| ⓘ Native Silver Formula: Ag |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
| ⓘ Stibnite Formula: Sb2S3 |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| ⓘ | Native Silver | 1.AA.05 | Ag |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Stibnite | 2.DB.05 | Sb2S3 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
| ⓘ | Kermesite | 2.FD.05 | Sb2S2O |
| ⓘ | Jamesonite | 2.HB.15 | Pb4FeSb6S14 |
| ⓘ | Heteromorphite | 2.HC.10c | Pb7Sb8S19 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Kermesite | Sb2S2O |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| S | ⓘ Heteromorphite | Pb7Sb8S19 |
| S | ⓘ Jamesonite | Pb4FeSb6S14 |
| S | ⓘ Kermesite | Sb2S2O |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| S | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Fe | ⓘ Jamesonite | Pb4FeSb6S14 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| As | Arsenic | |
| As | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Ag | Silver | |
| Ag | ⓘ Native Silver | Ag |
| Sb | Antimony | |
| Sb | ⓘ Heteromorphite | Pb7Sb8S19 |
| Sb | ⓘ Jamesonite | Pb4FeSb6S14 |
| Sb | ⓘ Kermesite | Sb2S2O |
| Sb | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Heteromorphite | Pb7Sb8S19 |
| Pb | ⓘ Jamesonite | Pb4FeSb6S14 |
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Montalto Mine, Covelo, Gondomar, Porto, Portugal