Mine detail: Quixaba Mine

Previously called 'Mina Quixaba'

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Location: Paraiba, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -6.72914, -37.01278
dep_id: 10065425
mrds_id: TC40660
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite
gangue: Epidote, Garnet, Graphite, Quartz, Scapolite, Wollastonite
model: 42: W skarn
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Serido Formation
hrock_type: Marble
disc_yr: 1942
discr: Raimundo Prea
References:
  • 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
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