Mine detail: Tangua

Previously called 'Poco I Mine'

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Location: Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -22.72962, -42.57447
dep_id: 10065216
mrds_id: TC40318
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Fluorite
gangue: Chalcedony, Pyrite
alteration: Clay Minerals, Sericite, Pyrite, Minor Carbonate; Silicification.
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Tangua Complex;Serro Do Mar Alkaline Complex
hrock_type: Gneiss
Year first produced: 1982
disc_yr: 1975
References:
  • Deposit:: COELHO, G.E.S., TOURAY, J.C., DARDENNE, M.A., AND BENY, C., 1990, CONSTRAINTS ON HYDROTHERMAL SOLUTIONS FROM FLUID AND SOLID INCLUSIONS STUDIES IN FLUORITE: APPLICATION TO TANGUA DEPOSIT, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 85, P. 1024-1033
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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