Mine detail: Pedras Pretas Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -6.94163, -36.52305

Resource(M)

Primary: Tin
Ore: Cassiterite
Gangue: Albite, Microcline, Muscovite, Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Pegmatite

References

MRDSTC40657
DEP10065423
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.