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Vale da Arca Mine, Águas Belas, Sabugal, Guarda, Portugali
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Vale da Arca Mine | Mine (Inactive) |
| Águas Belas | Parish |
| Sabugal | Municipality |
| Guarda | District |
| Portugal | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 22' 24'' North , 7° 11' 0'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Mine (Inactive) - last checked 2024
Deposit first discovered:
1923
Köppen climate type:
Name(s) in local language(s):
Mina de Vale d'Arca, Quarta-Feira, Sortelha, Sabugal, Distrito da Guarda, Portugal
Inactive uranium mine.
Mining concession no. 1345 Vale da Arca (U), registered on 23-05-1923.
Geologia da ocorrência: ocorrências deu urânio ligadas a granitos, filões.
Génese: epigenética, epitermal e supergénica.
Descrição Geológica: filão de jaspe e quartzo com passagens brechóides, rumo N 35º E, pendor 60º NW e possança de 1,0 m.
Geologia Local: faixa de Guarda-Almeida-Pinhel onde predominam brechas quartzo-limoníticas e graníticas e brechas de falha com enchimento argiloso com minerais secundários de urânio, instalados em fracturas de cisalhamento N 20º a 30º E e também N 60º a 70º E que afectam granitos monzoníticos porfiróides.
Geologia regional: granitos monzoníticos porfiróides tardi a pós-F3.
Mineralizações principais: autunite (mica calcária e urânica), torbernite (Mica cuprífera e urânica, calcolite), gumite, pecheblenda.
Mineralizações secundárias: calcopirite, galena, pirite.
Morfologias: filão.
Gangas: jaspe, quartzo.
Rochas encaixantes: Granitos.
Concessões: 1345.
- LNEG/Siorminp ID 1306U
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
8 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Autunite Formula: Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 References: LNEG/Siorminp ID 1306UIdentified by Rui Nunes: Visual Identification |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS References: LNEG/Siorminp ID 1306UIdentified by Rui Nunes: Visual Identification |
| ⓘ 'Gummite' References: LNEG/Siorminp ID 1306UIdentified by Rui Nunes: Visual Identification |
| ⓘ Metatorbernite Formula: Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O References: |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 References: LNEG/Siorminp ID 1306UIdentified by Rui Nunes: Visual Identification |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 References: LNEG/Siorminp ID 1306UIdentified by Rui Nunes: Visual Identification |
| ⓘ Torbernite Formula: Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| ⓘ Uraninite Formula: UO2 References: LNEG/Siorminp ID 1306UIdentified by Rui Nunes: Visual Identification |
| ⓘ Uraninite var. Pitchblende Formula: UO2 References: LNEG/Siorminp ID 1306UIdentified by Rui Nunes: Visual Identification |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Uraninite var. Pitchblende | 4.DL.05 | UO2 |
| ⓘ | 4.DL.05 | UO2 | |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Autunite | 8.EB.05 | Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O |
| ⓘ | Torbernite | 8.EB.05 | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| ⓘ | Metatorbernite | 8.EB.10 | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Gummite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Autunite | Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O |
| H | ⓘ Metatorbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
| H | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Autunite | Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O |
| O | ⓘ Metatorbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
| O | ⓘ Uraninite var. Pitchblende | UO2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| O | ⓘ Uraninite | UO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | ⓘ Autunite | Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O |
| P | ⓘ Metatorbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
| P | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Autunite | Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Metatorbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
| Cu | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| U | Uranium | |
| U | ⓘ Autunite | Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O |
| U | ⓘ Metatorbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
| U | ⓘ Uraninite var. Pitchblende | UO2 |
| U | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| U | ⓘ Uraninite | UO2 |
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Vale da Arca Mine, Águas Belas, Sabugal, Guarda, Portugal