Mine detail:
*oole Deposit

Previously called 'Forteleza De Minas
*olle Nickel Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long:

-20.89387, -46.67928

Resource(B)

Primary:	Copper, Nickel
Secondary:	Sulfur, PGE, Gold, Cobalt
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Gold, Marcasite, Niccolite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sperrylite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Serpentine, Tremolite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1983

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Moro Do Niquel Unit
Host type:	Serpentinite,Komatiite (Ultramafite)
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	The Ore Body Is Located In The Basal Portion Of An Archean Greenstone Belt Sequence., Assymetric Isoclinal F2 Syncline Plunging 45-30w
Tectonic:	Morro Do Ferro Greenstone Belt Of Archean Paramirim Craton

References

MRDS	TC00088
DEP	10056416
Reference	{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1988, THIS MONTH IN MINING, CORRECTION: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 189, P. 17.}{Deposit:: AMERICAN CONSULATE, RIO DE JANEIRO}{Deposit:: BRENNER, T.L., TEIXEIRA, N.A., OLIVEIRA, S.A.L., FRANKE, N.D., AND THOMPSON, J.F.H., 1990, THE *OOLE NICKEL DEPOSIT, MORRO DO FERRO GREENSTONE BELT, BRASIL: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 85, NO. 5, P. 904-920.}{Deposit:: MARCHETTO, C.M.L., 1990, PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS IN THE *OOLE (NI-CU-CO) DEPOSIT BRAZIL: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 85, NO. 5, P. 921-927.}{Production:: E&MJ, 1988.}{Reserve-Resource:: AMERICAN CONSUL, RIO DE JANEIRO; BRENNER AND OTHERS (1990)}
Reporter	Bolm, Karen S., Page, Norman J.