Mine detail: Malacacheta

Previously called 'Morro Do Malacacheta'

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Location: Paraiba, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -6.48054, -36.31277
dep_id: 10062091
mrds_id: TC35298
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Mica, Beryllium, Tin
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Beryl, Cassiterite, Mica
gangue: Albite, Microcline, Muscovite, Quartz
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Pegmatite
arock_type: Schist
Year first produced: 1914
References:
  • 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).
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