Mine detail: Mamoes

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Location

Lat / long:

-6.83746, -36.6161

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:

Pegmatite

References

MRDS	TC40655
DEP	10065422
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).}
Reporter	Page, Norman J.