Mine detail: Puma

Previously called 'Puma Complex'

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Location

Lat / long:

-6.40168, -51.08248

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel, Iron
Secondary:	Cobalt
Ore:	Chlorite, Garnierite, Serpentine, Vermiculite
Gangue:	Goethite, Hematite, Olivine, Pyroxene, Quartz, Spinel
Discovery year:	1973

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
Associated rock:	Xingu Complex, Puma Ultramafic-Mafic Complex
Associated type:	Norite,Anorthosite,Peridotite

References

MRDS	TC30089
DEP	10060671
Reference	{Deposit:: CESAR, P. DE A.B., 1984, PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS, METODOLOGIA, E LISTAGEM, CAPITULO IX, IN GEOLOGIA DO BRASIL, EDS., C. SCHOBBENHAUS, D. DE A. CAMPOS, G.R. DERZE, AND H.E. ASMUS: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, PP. 359-419.}{Deposit:: HEIM, S.L., AND DECASTRO FILHO, L.W., 1986, JAZIDA DE NIQUEL LATERITICO DE PUMA-ONCA, MUNICIPIO DE SAO FELIX DO XINGU, PARA, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS., C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BRASILIA, V. 11, P. 347-368.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: CESAR (1984). HEIM AND DE CASTRO FILHO (1986).}
Reporter	Norman J Page, Page, Norman J.