Mine detail: Puma

Previously called 'Puma Complex'

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Location: Para, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -6.40168, -51.08248
dep_id: 10060671
mrds_id: TC30089
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel, Iron
Minor mineral: Cobalt
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chlorite, Garnierite, Serpentine, Vermiculite
gangue: Goethite, Hematite, Olivine, Pyroxene, Quartz, Spinel
model: 110: Lateritic Ni
Reporter: Norman J Page, Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
arock_unit: Xingu Complex, Puma Ultramafic-Mafic Complex
arock_type: Norite,Anorthosite,Peridotite
disc_yr: 1973
References:
  • 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).
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