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Muscovite from
Penouta mines, Viana do Bolo, Ourense, Galicia, Spain


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Cassiterite9
Quartz5
Beryl1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Penouta mines, Viana do Bolo, Ourense, Galicia, Spain
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:487189
Long-form Identifier:1:3:487189:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
27.5km (17.1 miles) ⓘPortelas Mine, Agrochão, Vinhais, Bragança, Portugal
32.8km (20.4 miles) ⓘPortas del Sil Au deposit, Ribas de Sil, Quiroga, Lugo, Galicia, Spain
34.3km (21.3 miles) ⓘValtreixal mine, Espinhosela, Bragança, Bragança, Portugal
35.0km (21.8 miles) ⓘCalabor mines, Calabor, Pedralba de la Praderia, Zamora, Castile and Leon, Spain
36.4km (22.6 miles) ⓘPortelo Mine, França, Bragança, Bragança, Portugal
43.8km (27.2 miles) ⓘCurrito Mine, Cadafresnas, Corullón, Castile and Leon, Spain
49.5km (30.8 miles) ⓘTrigueiriça Mines, Rebordelo, Vinhais, Bragança, Portugal
52.2km (32.4 miles) ⓘErvedosa Mine (Tuela Mine), Ervedosa, Vinhais, Bragança, Portugal
56.3km (35.0 miles) ⓘMurçós Mines, Murçós, Macedo de Cavaleiros, Bragança, Portugal
56.4km (35.0 miles) ⓘMonte Agrochão Mines, Agrochão, Vinhais, Bragança, Portugal
References
Josep Sanchez-Lafuente i Mariol specimens (INTAN)
Guldris Leon, L.
Hogmalm, K.J.
Hamid, S.A.
Anticoi, H.
Garcia-Valles, M.
Oliva, J.
Tomasa, O.
López-Moro, F.J.
Bascompta, M.
Llorens, T.
Castro, D.
López, Félix Antonio, Irene García-Díaz, Olga Rodríguez Largo, Francisco García Polonio, and Teresa Llorens. 2018. "Recovery and Purification of Tin from Tailings from the Penouta Sn–Ta–Nb Deposit" Minerals 8, no. 1: 20. https://doi.org/10.3390/min8010020
Alfonso, P., Hamid, S. A., García-Vallès, M., Llorens, T., Moro, F. L., Tomasa, O., ... & Parcerisa, D. (2018). Textural and mineral-chemistry constraints on columbite-group minerals in the Penouta deposit: evidence from magmatic and fluid-related processes. Mineralogical Magazine, 82(S1), S199-S222.
Bengtsson, M. (2020) Understanding Mineral Liberation during Crushing Using Grade-by-Size Analysis—A Case Study of the Penuota Sn-Ta Mineralization, Spain. Minerals 10, 164.
Alfonso, Pura, Hamid, Sarbast Ahmad, Anticoi, Hernan, Garcia-Valles, Maite, Oliva, Josep, Tomasa, Oriol, López-Moro, Francisco Javier, Bascompta, Marc, Llorens, Teresa, Castro, David, García Polonio, Francisco (2020) Liberation Characteristics of Ta–Sn Ores from Penouta, NW Spain. Minerals, 10 (6) 509 doi:10.3390/min10060509
López-Moro, Francisco Javier, Díez-Montes, Alejandro, Timón-Sánchez, Susana María, Llorens-González, Teresa, Sánchez-García, Teresa (2024) Peraluminous Rare Metal Granites in Iberia: Geochemical, Mineralogical, Geothermobarometric, and Petrogenetic Constraints. Minerals, 14 (3) 249 doi:10.3390/min14030249
Losantos, Emma, Borrajo, Iñigo, Losada, Iván, Boixet, Lluís, Castelo Branco, José M., Tornos, Fernando (2025) Sn and W mineralisation in the Iberian Peninsula. Ore Geology Reviews, 179. 106542 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2025.106542
 
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