Santa Leocadia

Occurrence in Viseu, Portugal with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024805
MRDS ID ISM0557
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Leocadia
Alternate or previous names Santa Leocardia, Tabuaco

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -7.49812, 41.13257 (WGS84)
Relative position SANTA LEOCADIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Viseu(province)

Portugal(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Portugal Viseu

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TUNGSTEN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bateiras Formation
    Rock description Bateiras Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -7.49812, 41.13257

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Contact Aureole Of Hercynian Granite

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; SCLT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1975

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Minas De Santa Leocardia Lda.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADE INDICATED REPRESENTS RECOVERABLE GRADE (RF1).

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ().

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REYNAUD, R., 1982, PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF PORTUGUESE TUNGSTEN ORES. MA IN PRODUCTION CENTRES IN PORTUGAL, IN PORTUGAL - EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, EUROPEAN TUNGSTEN SEMINAR, LISBON, 22-24 MARCH, 1982, 24 P.

  • Deposit

    GOINHAS, J., AND VIEGAS, L., PROVINCIA METALOGENETICA ESTANIFERA E TUNGSTEN ICA IBERICA, REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA, DIRECCAO-GERAL DE GEOLOGIA E MINAS, ESTUDOS, NOTAS E TRABALHOS DO SERVICO DE FOMENTO MINEIRO, VOL. 25, FASC. 3-4, P. 170.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.).
Deposit Discovery Year: 1970S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1986 Sinclair, W.David Geological Survey of Canada

Beyond USGS

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