| Lat / long: | -20.89387, -46.67928 |
| 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 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Prospect |
| 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 |
| 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. |