Mine detail: Quixere

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Location: Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -6.55387, -37.15806
dep_id: 10062090
mrds_id: TC35297
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Scheelite
gangue: Epidote, Quartz
model: 42: W skarn
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Amphibolite
disc_yr: 1942
References:
  • Deposit:: CESAR, P. DE A.B., 1984, PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITIS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS, METODOLOGIA, E LISTAGEM, CAPITULO IX, IN GEOLOGIA DO BRASIL, EDS., C. SHOBBENHAUS, D. DE A. CAMPOS, G.R. DERZE, AND H.E. ASMUS: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, PP. 359-419.
  • Deposit:: JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., AND MOACYR DE VASCONCELLOS, F., 1945, SCHEELITE IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 40, NO. 1, P. 34-50.
  • Deposit:: JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., AND MOACYR DE VASCONCELLOS, F., 1943, TUNGSTENIO NA PARAIBA E RIO GRANDE DO NORTE: MINERACAO E METALURGIA, V. 7, NO. 41, P. 247-260.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: CESAR (1984); JOHNSTON AND MOACYR DE VASCONCELLOS (1945).
  • Reserve-Resource:: CESAR (1984).
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