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Alto da Serra quarries, Rio Maior, Santarém, Portugali
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Alto da Serra quarriesGroup of Quarries
Rio MaiorMunicipality
SantarémDistrict
PortugalCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
39° North , 8° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~16km
Type:
Group of Quarries
Mindat Locality ID:
53152
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:53152:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Name(s) in local language(s):
Pedreiras do Alto da Serra, Rio Maior, Distrito de Santarém, Portugal


A large area with several lime quarries.

Mindat Articles


The Calcite of Estremadura Limstone Massif by Martins da Pedra http://www.mindat.org/article.php/1826


Note:


This locality was split into four more accurate ones - see the Portuguese forum http://www.mindat.org/mesg-25-252566.html
The mineral and site photos should be moved to:

- Cabeça da Chã Quarry
- Cabeça Gorda Quarry
- Vale do Texugo Quarry
- Chousa do Henrique Quarry

Rui Nunes, February 2012




SERRA DOS ALBARDOS ou dos Candeeiros
Serra portuguesa, começa junto da freguesia de Arrimal e se estende para sudoeste por cerca de 22 Km até abaixo de Rio Maior. Também se denomina serra dos Molianos, Alcobertas, Rio Maior. Tem uma altitude máxima de 485 m e a vegetação, que a cobre, rara e espaçada, traduz a sua natureza calcária. Faz parte, com a serra de Aire, do maciço de Porto de Mós, conjunto montanhoso na orla marítima ocidental – região de relevos novos que, com a Meseta Ibérica, a orla marítima meridional e as bacias inferiores do Tejo e do Sado constituiu uma das 4 zonas de relevo de Portugal.
Como esta serra, que vai das imediações de Porto de Mós a Rio Maior, se pode considerar o limite oriental da vasta região, que constituiu os coutos de Alcobaça, segundo um estudo, de Pinho Leal, á sua etimologia “Albardos , do árabe albarde que significa coisa fria”.
A serra dos Candeeiros é formada por calcário que data do período Jurássico médio e do Jurássico Superior (1), é o mais importante maciço calcário português.
Os fenómenos tectónicos criam lentamente as grutas e aquíferos existentes ao longo da Serra.
A Oeste da Serra dos Candeeiros, Zona de Colinas Jurássicas e Cretáceas de relevo pouco ondulado, sendo ela deformada por vales e ravinas.

(J. Vieira Natividade, "Região de Alcobaça", Impressora Líbano, Lisboa, s/d pág. 19.

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LNEG - Maciço Calcário Estremenho http://onlinebiblio.lneg.pt/multimedia/associa/base%20mono/35027.pdf



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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


2 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
ⓘ Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘCalcite5.AB.05CaCO3
ⓘDolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
Cⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Cⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
OOxygen
Oⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Oⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
CaCalcium
Caⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Caⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2

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