Mine detail: Urubu

Previously called 'Morro Do Urubu'

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Location

Lat / long:

-6.35444, -36.31277

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1937

Geology

Host type:	Pegmatite
Associated type:	Schist

References

MRDS	TC35299
DEP	10062092
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}
Reporter	Page, Norman J.