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Aveleiras Mine, Mire de Tibães, Braga, Braga, Portugali
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Aveleiras MineMine
Mire de TibãesCivil Parish
BragaMunicipality
BragaDistrict
PortugalCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 33' 5'' North , 8° 28' 39'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Semelhe11,700 (2018)1.3km
Gondizalves9,148 (2018)2.1km
Frossos3,726 (2018)2.7km
Real11,700 (2018)3.0km
Aveleda6,671 (2018)3.5km
Mindat Locality ID:
249941
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:249941:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Name(s) in local language(s):
Mina das Aveleiras, Mire de Tibães, Braga, Distrito de Braga, Portugal


W mine, located inside the area of Tibãoes Monastery.



Mina de W, localizada dentro da Cerca do Mosteiro de Tibães.

A Antiga Mina de Volfrâmio das Aveleiras (Mosteiro de Tibães, NW Portugal): Estudos Interdisciplinares para a Valorização do Património Geomineiro.
José Filinto C. Trigo, Helder I. Chaminé, Maria José Afonso, Henrique Almeida, Maria Eugénia Lopes, José Teixeira, Ricardo Pereira, Rogério Pinheiro, João Paulo Meixedo, Alberto Gomes, José F. A. Teixeira e Maria João Dias Costa.

À semelhança do que aconteceu um pouco por todo o Noroeste Peninsular, também Mire de Tibães acolheu uma efémera porém marcante experiência de exploração mineira, quando, nos alvores das duas grandes guerras mundiais, um punhado de Nortenhos se deu conta de que a fertilidade dos solos do vale do Cávado não era a única riqueza que poderia ser extraída do seu substrato. Neste caso trataram-se de explorações de pequena dimensão, algumas delas mesmo furtivas ou ocasionais, que se ocupavam da pesquisa do minério “negro”. A mina das Aveleiras, escavada no dealbar do século XVII para o fornecimento de água ao Mosteiro de S. Martinho de Tibães, foi objeto de intensa exploração de volfrâmio em meados do século passado. A intenção de incluir a visita a esta mina no conjunto de ofertas temáticas disponibilizadas pelo Mosteiro de Tibães, orientou a avaliação da sua estabilidade e da necessidade de eventual reforço. É descrita, de forma sucinta, a abordagem interdisciplinar integrativa em geociências, geotecnia mineira, biodiversidade e património geológico-mineiro, bem como a solução de reabilitação projetada.
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in: DGEG, Boletim de Minas Vol. 47 no. 2, Lisboa 2012.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

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6 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘSphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
ⓘChalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
ⓘArsenopyrite2.EB.20FeAsS
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘ'Wolframite Group'4.DB.30 va
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
ⓘScorodite8.CD.10Fe3+AsO4 · 2H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ ScoroditeFe3+AsO4 · 2H2O
OOxygen
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ ScoroditeFe3+AsO4 · 2H2O
SiSilicon
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
Sⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Sⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
Sⓘ SphaleriteZnS
FeIron
Feⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Feⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
Feⓘ ScoroditeFe3+AsO4 · 2H2O
CuCopper
Cuⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
ZnZinc
Znⓘ SphaleriteZnS
AsArsenic
Asⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Asⓘ ScoroditeFe3+AsO4 · 2H2O

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