Mine detail: Candonga Mine

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Location: Bahia, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -18.76419, -42.96561
dep_id: 10038305
mrds_id: M045634
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Palladium, Silver, Platinum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Dolomite
Reporter: Balcom, Raymond H., Page, Norman J.
References:
  • Deposit:: LUMB,A.D., 1920, THE PLATINUM METALS: JOHN MURRAY, LONDON, P. 54.
  • Deposit:: QUIRING, 1962, DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE: PLATINMETALLE 16 BAND. ENKE VERLAG, STUTTGART, P.115
  • Deposit:: HUSSAK, 1906, O PALLADIO E A PLATINA NO BRASIL: ANNAES DA ESCOLA DE MINAS DE OURO PRETO, NO. 8, P. 99
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