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

MRDSISM0477
DEP10024730
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}
ReporterKrauss, Ulrich H.