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Odivelas Mine, Odivelas, Ferreira do Alentejo, Beja, Portugali
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Odivelas Mine | Mine (Inactive) |
| Odivelas | Civil Parish |
| Ferreira do Alentejo | Municipality |
| Beja | District |
| Portugal | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 10' 35'' North , 8° 9' 43'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Mine (Inactive) - last checked 2026
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Peroguarda | 400 (2018) | 13.7km |
| Alvito | 2,504 (2018) | 17.3km |
| Ferreira do Alentejo | 4,689 (2014) | 18.0km |
| Trigaches | 572 (2018) | 19.2km |
| Faro do Alentejo | 591 (2018) | 19.5km |
Name(s) in local language(s):
Mina de Odivelas, Odivelas, Ferreira do Alentejo, Distrito de Beja, Portugal
Inative Fe mine (1941/2-?).
The Odivelas deposit, located 1.5 km northwest of the village of Odivelas, is situated in the parish of Odivelas, municipality of Ferreira do Alentejo, in the district of Beja. It lies 14 km from Ferreira do Alentejo, to which it is connected by a good road. The nearest railway stations are Beja and Cuba, both located 24 km from Ferreira do Alentejo.
In April 1942, a topographic survey of the Odivelas area was completed at a scale of 1:5,000. The survey was carried out by the Geographic and Cadastral Institute on behalf of this service. In defining its boundaries — including the visible mineralized surface — the possibility was considered that the deposit may extend beneath the cover of recent sediments stretching to the northwest. Prior to this survey, only base maps at scales of 1:100,000 and 1:50,000 were available. The area designated for prospecting is the same as that covered by the topographic survey: 800 hectares.
Source: Alguns Jazigos do Alentejo, Vol. 2, Direcção Geral de Minas e Serviços Geológicos, Serviço de Fomento Mineiro, 1943.
geoPortal LNEG código: 1846Fe
Descrição geológica: pequenas massas irregulares de magnetite titanífera, com alguma ilmenite, no seio de rocha diorítica que estão cobertas por sedimentos miocénicos e pliocénicos. Evento de idade ante-vestefaliano superior.
Geologia local: gabros de Beja.
Geologia regional: Maciço de Beja, orogénica.
Mineralizações principais: magnetite (ferro magnético).
Mineralizações secundárias: hematite (oligisto), ilmenite (ferro titanado), pirite, pirrotite.
Distribuições: disseminada, maciça.
Morfologias: irregular.
Gangas: feldspato, quartzo.
Rochas encaixantes: dioritos.
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
5 valid minerals.
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Goethite | 4.00. | Fe3+O(OH) |
| ⓘ | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
| ⓘ | Maghemite | 4.BB.15 | (Fe3+0.67◻0.33)Fe3+2O4 |
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ | Ilmenite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2+TiO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| O | ⓘ Maghemite | (Fe3+0.67◻0.33)Fe23+O4 |
| O | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| Ti | Titanium | |
| Ti | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Maghemite | (Fe3+0.67◻0.33)Fe23+O4 |
| Fe | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
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References
Waerenborgh, J. C.; Figueiras, J.; Mateus, A.; Gonçalves, M. (2002) Nature and mechanism of ilmenite alteration: a Mössbauer and X-ray diffraction study of oxidized ilmenite from the Beja-Acebuches Ophiolite Complex (SE Portugal). Mineralogical Magazine, 66 (3). 421-430 doi:10.1180/0026461026630038
Jesus, A. P., Mateus, A., Waerenborgh, J. C., Figueiras, J., Alves, L. C., Oliveira, V. (2003) HYPOGENE TITANIAN, VANADIAN MAGHEMITE IN REWORKED OXIDE CUMULATES IN THE BEJA LAYERED GABBRO COMPLEX, ODIVELAS, SOUTHEASTERN PORTUGAL. The Canadian Mineralogist, 41 (5) 1105-1124 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.41.5.1105
Odivelas Mine, Odivelas, Ferreira do Alentejo, Beja, Portugal