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Fe occurrence, Águas de Peixes, Alvito, Alvito, Beja, Portugali
Regional Level Types
Fe occurrenceMine (Inactive)
Águas de PeixesVillage (Former)
AlvitoCivil Parish
AlvitoMunicipality
BejaDistrict
PortugalCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 17' 56'' North , 7° 57' 41'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Mine (Inactive) - last checked 2026
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Alvito2,504 (2018)5.4km
Cuba4,878 (2018)16.0km
Faro do Alentejo591 (2018)16.8km
Vidigueira5,932 (2018)17.2km
São Matias569 (2018)23.0km
Mindat Locality ID:
476388
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:476388:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Fe occurrence (magnetite).

The Geoportal Energiae Geologia gives this occurrence the same coordinates as the Zn,Pb occurrence.

Água de Peixe is a small village in the vicinity of which some mining operations were carried out. This occurrence is registered in the LNEG geoPortal; however, it appears that no mining concession number was assigned to it.



LNEG código: 1548Fe

Geologia da Ocorrência:
Tipos:
-Ocorrências de Ferro - Ligadas a vulcanismo - Estratiformes.
-Ocorrências de Ferro - Ligadas a processos metamórficos - Estratiformes.
Génese: Singenética, vulcanogénica (actividade exalativo-sedimentar). Epigenética, posterior à vulcanogénica, remobilização de elementos metálicos (metassomatismo de contacto).
Descrição Geológica: Pequenas concentrações de magnetite no contacto de xistos e calcários.
Geologia Local: Formação de Águas de Peixes. Formação calco-dolomítica com cherts.
Geologia Regional: Proterozóico superior. Câmbrico.
Mineralizações Principais: Magnetite (Ferro magnético).
Mineralizações Secundárias: Pirite, Pirrotite, Galena, Esfalerite.
Distribuições: Disseminada, Irregular.
Morfologias: Estratiforme.
Gangas: Xistos, Calcários.
Rochas Encaixantes: Xistos, Calcários.

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5 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Galena
Formula: PbS
References:
geoPortal LNEG código 1548FeIdentification: Visual Identification
ⓘ Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
References:
geoPortal LNEG código 1548FeIdentification: Visual Identification
ⓘ Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
References:
geoPortal LNEG código 1548FeIdentification: Visual Identification
ⓘ Pyrrhotite
Formula: Fe1-xS
References:
geoPortal LNEG código 1548FeIdentification: Visual Identification
ⓘ Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
References:
geoPortal LNEG código 1548FeIdentification: Visual Identification

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘSphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
ⓘPyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
ⓘGalena2.CD.10PbS
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘMagnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
SSulfur
Sⓘ GalenaPbS
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
Sⓘ PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
Sⓘ SphaleriteZnS
FeIron
Feⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
Feⓘ PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
ZnZinc
Znⓘ SphaleriteZnS
PbLead
Pbⓘ GalenaPbS

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