Mine detail: Pedra Verde

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-3.52321, -41.13229

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Specularite
Discovery year:	1857

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Pedra Member Of Mambira Formation
Host type:	Phyllite
Associated rock:	Serra Grande Formation;Ubari Formation;;San Joaquim Formation;Mambira Formation
Associated type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Ne Trending Graben Faults.

References

MRDS	TC30229
DEP	10060793
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:: COLLINS, J.J., AND LOUREIRO, A.R., 1971, A METAMORPHOSED DEPOSIT OF PRECAMBRIAN SUPERGENE COPPER: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 66, NO. 1, P. 192-199.}{Deposit:: BRIZZI, A.S., AND DA C. ROBERTO, F.A., 1988, JAZIDA DE COBRE DE PEDRA VERDE - VICOSA DO CEARA, CEARA, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS. C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BRASILIA, V. III, P. 71-80.}{Deposit:: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA (MME), 1981, PROJETO RADAMBRASIL; FOLHA SA 24 FORTALEZA; GEOLOGIA, GEOMORFOLOGIA, PEDOLOGIA, VEGETACAO E USO POTENCIAL DEL TERRA: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, RIO DE JANEIRO, 488P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: CESAR (1984); BRIZZI AND ROBERTO (1988); MME (1981)}
Reporter	Norman J Page, Page, Norman J.