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Zn-Pb occurrence, Águas de Peixes, Alvito, Alvito, Beja, Portugali
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Zn-Pb occurrence | Occurrence (Inactive) |
| Águas de Peixes | Village (Former) |
| Alvito | Civil Parish |
| Alvito | Municipality |
| Beja | District |
| Portugal | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 17' 56'' North , 7° 57' 41'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Occurrence (Inactive) - last checked 2026
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Alvito | 2,504 (2018) | 5.4km |
| Cuba | 4,878 (2018) | 16.0km |
| Faro do Alentejo | 591 (2018) | 16.8km |
| Vidigueira | 5,932 (2018) | 17.2km |
| São Matias | 569 (2018) | 23.0km |
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: 1559ZnPb
Geologia da Ocorrência:
Tipos:
-Ocorrências de zinco e chumbo - Ligadas a processos supergénicos - Gossans.
-Ocorrências de Chumbo e Zinco - Ligadas a processos metamórficos - Estratiformes.
-Ocorrências de zinco e chumbo - Ligadas a vulcanismo - Estratiformes.
Génese: Singenética, vulcanogénica (actividade exalativa-sedimentar). Epigenética, posterior, com remobilização dos elementos metálicos por metamorfismo de contacto. Residual (chapéus de ferro).
Descrição Geológica: Vários chapéus de ferro ocorrentes em série calco-dolomítica, constituindo bolsadas isoladas de pequenas dimensões e de morfologia irregular; os teores são apreciáveis em amostra que acusou 15% em Pb, 32% em Zn e 665 g/ton em Ag.
Geologia Local: Formação calco-dolomítica com cherts.
Geologia Regional: Câmbrico.
Mineralizações Principais: Esfalerite, Galena, Prata.
Mineralizações Secundárias: Pirite, Hematite (Oligisto), Pirrotite, Magnetite (Ferro magnético).
Distribuições: Bolsadas.
Morfologias: Gossan.
Gangas: Dolomitos.
Rochas Encaixantes: Dolomitos, Calcários.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
7 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS References: geoportal LNEG código 1559ZnPbIdentification: Visual Identification |
| ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 References: geoportal LNEG código 1559ZnPbIdentification: Visual Identification |
| ⓘ Magnetite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4 References: geoportal LNEG código 1559ZnPbIdentification: Visual Identification |
| ⓘ Native Silver Formula: Ag References: geoportal LNEG código 1559ZnPbIdentification: Visual Identification |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 References: geoportal LNEG código 1559ZnPbIdentification: Visual Identification |
| ⓘ Pyrrhotite Formula: Fe1-xS References: geoportal LNEG código 1559ZnPbIdentification: Visual Identification |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS References: geoportal LNEG código 1559ZnPbIdentification: Visual Identification |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Silver | 1.AA.05 | Ag |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Ag | Silver | |
| Ag | ⓘ Native Silver | Ag |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
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