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Cabeço do Seixo, Cubos-Mesquitela-Mangualde area, Mangualde (Mesquitela e Cunha Alta), Mangualde, Viseu, Portugali
Regional Level Types
Cabeço do SeixoGroup of Shafts (Inactive)
Cubos-Mesquitela-Mangualde areaPegmatite Field
Mangualde (Mesquitela e Cunha Alta)Civil Parish
MangualdeMunicipality
ViseuDistrict
PortugalCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 35' 8'' North , 7° 45' 5'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
40.58565,-7.75165
GeoHash:
G#: ez4qzs7kt
GRN:
N28W05
Type:
Group of Shafts (Inactive) - last checked 2024
Köppen climate type:
Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Mesquitela954 (2018)0.4km
Mangualde8,895 (2014)2.2km
Nelas4,190 (2014)10.3km
Rio de Loba9,529 (2018)13.9km
Canas de Senhorim3,509 (2018)15.6km
Mindat Locality ID:
56171
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:56171:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Name(s) in local language(s):
Cabeço do Seixo, Cubos-Mesquitela-Mangualde area, Mangualde, Distrito de Viseu, Portugal


Shafts no. 1/1A and 2 of Cubos.

Notes:

1 — Together with Regada this locality is part of the old mining concession Chão do Castanheiro.

2 — Today, all the mines in this pegmatitic formation have a common name: Cubos. This applies to the following uploaded localities: Cabeço do Seixo, Regada, Rochel, Chão de Castanheiro and Cubos-Mesquitela-Mangualde area with eight shafts split among them.

See: http://www.mindat.org/mesg-25-299281.html

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

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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 9 - Silicates
ⓘMuscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Unclassified
ⓘ'Feldspar Group'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
OOxygen
Oⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
AlAluminium
Alⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
KPotassium
Kⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

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