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Cêrros de Santa Bárbara, Seixo Branco e Eira do Brejo Mines, Alcoutim, Faro, Portugali
Regional Level Types
Cêrros de Santa BárbaraGroup of Mines (Inactive)
Seixo Branco e Eira do Brejo Mines- not defined -
AlcoutimMunicipality
FaroDistrict
PortugalCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 28' 55'' North , 7° 28' 48'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Group of Mines (Inactive) - last checked 2024
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Sanlúcar de Guadiana363 (2018)1.7km
El Granado612 (2012)7.0km
San Silvestre de Guzmán624 (2012)15.6km
Villanueva de los Castillejos827 (2012)16.8km
Minas de São Domingos2,500 (2018)21.3km
Mindat Locality ID:
221675
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:221675:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Name(s) in local language(s):
Minas do Cerro do Brejo, Alcoutim, Distrito de Faro, Portugal


Old manganese mines.

LNEG/Siorminp code 668Mn: Cêrros de Santa Bárbara, Seixo Branco e Eira do Brejo.

Geologia da ocorrência:
Tipos: ocorrências de manganês, ligadas a vulcanismo, filões.
Génese: epigenética, hidrotermal.
Descrição geológica: sistema de filões quartzosos com pirolusite, concordantes com a estratificação orientados N 70º W e 45º NE e N 6 W com pendor 50º E e possanças de 0,1 a 0,8 m.
Geologia local: área do contacto do complexo vulcano-sedimentar com a formação de Mértola.
Geologia regional: sub-sector Pomarão-Castro Verde da faixa piritosa.
Mineralizações principais: pirolusite.
Distribuições: disseminada.
Morfologias: sistema filoniano.
Gangas: quartzo.
Rochas encaixantes: quartzitos, xistos.
Concessões: 302, 349, 389.

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