Mine detail: Aracuai

Previously called 'Maravilha'

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Location: Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -16.71426, -41.93226
dep_id: 10024730
mrds_id: ISM0477
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lithium, Cesium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Krauss, Ulrich H.
hrock_unit: Aracuai-Formation;Aracuai-Formation
hrock_type: Pegmatite
Structure: Faixa De Dobramentos Aracuai
tectonic: Sao Francisco Craton
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1987
References:
  • 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
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