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Torre e Vila Mou, Viana do Castelo, Viana do Castelo, Portugali
Regional Level Types
Torre e Vila MouCivil Parish
Viana do CasteloMunicipality
Viana do CasteloDistrict
PortugalCountry

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Mindat Locality ID:
249872
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:249872:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
German:
União das Freguesias de Torre e Vila Mou, Viana do Castelo, Distrikt Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Portuguese:
Torre e Vila Mou, Viana do Castelo, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Asturian:
Torre e Vila Mou, Viana do Castelo, Distritu de Viana do Castelo
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Torre e Vila Mou, Viana do Castelo, Viana do Castelo Koān


Parish of Viana do Castelo municipality. Due to an administrative merger held in Jan 2013 a new and bigger parish was formed "União das freguesias de Torre e Vila Mou".

Registered mining concessions (up to 1962):
No. 3247 Guilhufes (Sn), registered on 11-04-1959
No. 3216 Rasas (Sn), registered on 06-06-1958
No. 2959 Fontes (Sn), registered on 02-09-1954
No. 2945 Cobalto (Sn), registered on 29-07-1954
No. 2946 Cobalto no. 2 (Sn), registered on 29-07-1954
No. 2466 Vila Mou (W-Sn), registered on 15-12-1949
Parish of Viana do Castelo municipality. Due to an administrative merger held in Jan 2013 a new and bigger parish was formed "União das freguesias de Torre e Vila Mou".

Mining concession no. 115 Senhora do Socorro (Fe), registered on 13-03-1876.

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3 valid minerals.

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘGoethite4.00.Fe3+O(OH)
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘCassiterite4.DB.05SnO2
Unclassified
ⓘ'Limonite'-
ⓘ'Psilomelane'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
OOxygen
Oⓘ CassiteriteSnO2
Oⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
FeIron
Feⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
SnTin
Snⓘ CassiteriteSnO2

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Wikidata ID:Q20059595
GeoNames ID:8013403

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