REVIEWED LOCATION

São Domingos Copper Mine — Former Pyrite Mining Landscape Rockhounding Status & Field Guide

Visit Portugal documents the abandoned São Domingos copper-pyrite mine as an industrial-archaeology landscape that can be viewed from the village area.

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Important: Historic mine ruins are not a collecting permission or invitation to enter workings.

What is here

historic copper-pyrite mining complex

Materials / interest: Copper, Pyrite

Collecting and access

Public heritage-landscape viewing only; no entry into mine workings, dumps or specimen collection is represented.

Use public roads and village/heritage areas only; do not enter shafts, unstable structures or fenced land.

Detailed status
viewing
Permission
Not flagged
Permit
Not flagged
Fee
Not flagged
Guide
Not flagged
Booking
Not flagged
Surface collecting
no
Hammering
no
Digging
no

Safety

Abandoned mine terrain may contain unstable structures, contaminated water, steep drops and shafts.

Review status

Access reviewed: 2026-09-11 · Sources reviewed: 2026-09-11 · Next scheduled review: 2027-09-11.

Recheck access, closures, permissions and current source instructions before field travel.

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Canelas Trilobite Museum — Giant Trilobite Fossil HeritageCentro Ciência Viva de Estremoz — Marble & Earth-Science ReferenceLousal Science Centre — Pyrite Mine & Industrial Geology HeritagePedras Parideiras, Arouca — Protected Nodular Granite Geosite

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