Portugal, Bragança
Moncorvo iron ridges
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and minerals
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: hematite, magnetite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Ordovician quartzite ridges with one of Iberia's largest iron resources, mined to the 1980s
Documented Tras-os-Montes deposit with recurring reopening studies.
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