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Água de Alte Mine, Moledo, Castro Daire, Viseu, Portugali
Regional Level Types
Água de Alte MineMine
MoledoCivil Parish
Castro DaireMunicipality
ViseuDistrict
PortugalCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 48' North , 7° 52' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
40.80000,-7.86667
GeoHash:
G#: ez62hgrtj
GRN:
N28W05
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Campo4,551 (2018)10.7km
Castro Daire4,744 (2018)12.3km
Sátão4,034 (2018)13.0km
Vila Nova de Paiva5,176 (2018)13.1km
Abraveses9,319 (2012)14.0km
Mindat Locality ID:
262729
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:262729:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Name(s) in local language(s):
Mina de Água de Alte, Moledo, Castro Daire, Distrito de Viseu, Portugal


Old graphite occurrence close to the place of Água de Alte.

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ⓘGraphite1.CB.05aC

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CCarbon
Cⓘ GraphiteC

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References

Minerais de Portugal Continental, Elementos Nativos, Amílcar Mário de Jesus (1) com a colaboração de A. Viana (2) e Rogério Cavaca (3), 1928, pag. 7/8 (composto e impresso nas oficinas da Secção de Publicidade do Museu Comercial, Rua do Quelhas 6-A Lisboa).
(1) Professor de Mineralogia no Instituto Superior Técnico, (2) Engenheiro Chefe da Circunscriçao Mineira do Norte, (3) Assistente de Mineralogia no Instituto Superior Técnico.
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