Mine detail: Malacacheta

Previously called 'Morro Do Malacacheta'

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Location

Lat / long: -6.48054, -36.31277

Resource(B)

Primary: Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Mica, Beryllium, Tin
Ore: Beryl, Cassiterite, Mica
Gangue: Albite, Microcline, Muscovite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1914

Geology

Host type:Pegmatite
Associated type:Schist

References

MRDSTC35298
DEP10062091
Reference{Deposit:: CARNEIRO DE ALMEIDA, S., JOHNSTON, W.D., JR, LEONARDOS, O.H., AND SCORZA, E.P., 1944, THE BERYL-TANTALITE-CASSITERITE PEGMATITES OF PARAIBA AND RIO GRANDE DO NORTE, BRAZIL: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 39, NO. 3, P. 206-221}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: CARNEIRO DE ALMEIDA AND OTHERS (1944).}
ReporterPage, Norman J.