Mine detail: Solonopole

Previously called 'SoledadeLapinha'

Location:	Ceara, Brazil, South America
Lat / long:	-5.73142, -39.08225
dep_id:	10023252
mrds_id:	I000047
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Lithium, Beryllium
Minor mineral:	Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Amblygonite, Beryl, Tantalite
model:	33: Be-Li pegmatites
Reporter:	Orris, Greta J., Krauss, Ulrich H.
hrock_unit:	Serido Schist
hrock_type:	Mica Schist,Granite
References:	Deposit:: GRIFFITHS, JOYCE, 1985, BERYLLIUM MINERALS- DEMAND STRONG FOR MINIATURIZATION: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 213, P. 41-51. Deposit:: AZEVEDO BRANCO, P.C. DE, 1984, PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS, METODOLOGIA E LISTAGEM, IN SCHOBBENHAUS, CARLOS, ALMEIDA CAMPOS, DIOGENES DE, DERZE, G.R., AND ASMUS, H.E., COORDS., GEOLOGIA DO BRASIL: BRASILIA, BRAZIL, DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, P. 360-419. Deposit:: JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1945, BERYL-TANTALITE PEGMATITES OF NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN 56, P. 1015-1070. Deposit:: CESAR, P. DE A.B., 1984, PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS, METODOLOGIA E LISTAGEM, CAPITULO IX, IN SCHOBBENHAUS, C., CAMPOS, D. DE A., DERZE, G.R., ASMUS, H.E., EDS., GEOLOGIA DO BRASIL: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, P. 359-419. Deposit:: AFGOUNI, K., AND SILVA SA, J.H.,1978, LITHIUM ORE IN BRAZIL, IN PENNER, S.S., ED., LITHIUM NEEDS AND RESOURCES: ENERGY, V. 3, P. 247-253. Deposit:: AUBERT, G., 1963, LE LITHIUM: BULL. DU B.R.G.M., NO. 2, P. 23-93. Other Database:: ISMI Production:: JOHNSTON, 1945. Reserve-Resource:: GRIFFITHS, 1985.