Mine detail: Quixaba Mine

Previously called 'Mina Quixaba'

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Location

Lat / long: -6.72914, -37.01278

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Ore: Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite
Gangue: Epidote, Garnet, Graphite, Quartz, Scapolite, Wollastonite
Discovery year: 1942

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Serido Formation
Host type:Marble

References

MRDSTC40660
DEP10065425
Reference{Deposit:: JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., AND MOACYR DE VASCONCELLOS, E.F., 1945, SCHEELITE IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL: ECONOMIC GELOGY, V. 40, NO. 1, P. 34-50.}{Deposit:: JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., AND MOACYR DE VASCONCELLOS, E.I., 1943, TUNGSTENIO NA PARAIBA E RIO GRANDE DO NORTE: MINERACAO E METALURGIA, V. 7, NO. 41, P. 246-260.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterPage, Norman J.