Mine detail: Tocantins Complex Chromite

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Location: Goias, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -14.36077, -48.4574
dep_id: 10038999
mrds_id: M046501
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Chromium, Platinum
Trace mineral: Rhodium, Palladium, Gold, Copper, Nickel
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Augite, Brucite, Bytownite, Chalcopyrite, Chromite, Chrysotile, Dunite, Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite, Talc
orebody_fm: DISCONTINOUS TABULAR LENSES
Reporter: Balcom, Raymond H., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Dunite
Structure: Horizon Trends N - S
disc_yr: 1970
References:
  • Deposit:: WHITE, R. W., MOTTA, J. & ARAUJO, V. A., 1971, PLATINIFEROUS CHROMITITE IN THE TOCANTINS COMPLEX, NIQUELAN DIA, GOIAS, BRAZIL, U. S. GEOL. PROF. PAPER 750 - D, P. D26 - D33
  • Deposit:: OLIVA E VIEIRA, 1973, PERFIL ANALITICO DA PLATINA: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA BOLETIM 19, P. 3, 4
  • Deposit:: 1971 DIREXPL T. P. THAYE
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