Municipality of Leiria district.

Parishes: Batalha, Golpilheira, São Mamede and Reguengo do Fetal.

Some inactive limestone quarries in the parish of Reguengo do Fetal: Valinho do Rei, Pidiogo and Reguengo do Fetal.

Registered mining concessions in the Batalha parish (up to 1962):
No. CM9 Lena (coal), registered on 20-03-1925
No. 1473 São Sebastião (coal-lignite), registered on 28-02-1924
No. 1472 Casal Novo (coal-lignite), registered on 27-02-1924
No. 1394 Piedosas e Alcanadas (coal-lignite), registered on 10-07-1923
No. 1388 Paço (coal-lignite), registered on 06-07-1923
No. 20 Alcanadas e Chão Preto (coal), registered on 12-03-1863

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Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded from this region.

ⓘ Coal

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

ⓘ Calcite

ⓘ 'Jet'

1 valid mineral.

Rock Types Recorded

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ⓘ Lignite

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Calcite

Formula: CaCO₃

Localities:

Batalha, Leiria, Portugal
São Mamede, Batalha, Leiria, Portugal

ⓘ 'Jet'

Locality: Alcanadas, Batalha, Batalha, Leiria, Portugal

References:

Tiago Guia visit 2021

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘ	Calcite	5.AB.05	CaCO₃
Unclassified
ⓘ	'Jet'	-

List of minerals for each chemical element

C	Carbon
C	ⓘ Calcite	CaCO₃
O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Calcite	CaCO₃
Ca	Calcium
Ca	ⓘ Calcite	CaCO₃

Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.

Occurrences

Youngest Fossil Listed

151 Ma (Late Jurassic)

Oldest Fossil Listed

161 Ma (Jurassic)

Stratigraphic Units

Unit	No. Occurrences	Age
Alcobaca	2	150.8 - 145 Ma (Late Jurassic)

Fossils from Region

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Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Stegosaurus ungulatus species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Stegosauridae : Stegosaurus : *Stegosaurus ungulatus*	161.2 - 150.8 Ma Jurassic
Plantae kingdom	Plantae	161.2 - 150.8 Ma Jurassic

Fossil Localities

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Portugal

Leiria
- Batalha
  - Batalha
    - Jurassic🐚 Casal Novo

Other Databases

Wikipedia:	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batalha,_Portugal
Wikidata ID:	Q810715
GeoNames ID:	8010544

Localities in this Region

Portugal

Leiria
- Batalha

Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect

Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate

Iberian PeninsulaPeninsula

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References

José Manuel Brandão & Maria de Fátima Nunes, Memórias do Carvão - Câmara Municipal da Batalha e Câmara Municipal de Porto de Mós, 2015.

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