Mine detail: Aracuai

Previously called 'Maravilha'

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Location

Lat / long:

-16.71426, -41.93226

Resource(M)

Primary:

Lithium, Cesium

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
Last production ended:	1987

Geology

Host rock:	Aracuai-Formation;Aracuai-Formation
Host type:	Pegmatite
Structure:	Faixa De Dobramentos Aracuai
Tectonic:	Sao Francisco Craton

References

MRDS	ISM0477
DEP	10024730
Reference	{Deposit:: AFGOUNI,K.& SILVA SJ,J.H.,1978:LITHIUM ORE IN BRAZIL.--IN:PENNER,S.S.(EDITOR):LITHIUM NEEDS AND RESOURCES. ENERGY,VOL.3;P.247-253}{Deposit:: AUBERT,G.,1963: LE LITHIUM.--BULL.DU B.R.G.M.,NO 2,P.23-93,PARIS 1963}{Deposit:: SCHOBBENHAUS,C.,ET AL.,1984:GEOLOGIA DO BRASIL. ---BRASILIA 1984}
Reporter	Krauss, Ulrich H.