Mine detail: Cafuca

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -5.74391, -36.35416

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Epidote, Quartz, Vesuvianite, Wollastonite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Serido Formation
Host type:Limestone

References

MRDSTC40661
DEP10065426
Reference{Deposit:: CESAR, P. DE A.B., PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS, METODOLOGIA, E LISTAGEM, CAPITULO IX, IN GEOLOGIA DO BRASIL, EDS., C. SCHOBBENHAUS, D. DE A. CAMPOS, G.R. DERZE, AND H.E. ASMUS: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, P. 359-419.}{Deposit:: JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., AND MOACYR DE VASCONCELLOS, F., 1945, SCHEELITE IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 40, NO. 1, P. 34-50.}{Deposit:: JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1944, AS MINAS DE SCHEELITA DE BARRA VERDE, BARRA VERMELHO, BODO E CAFUCA, RIO GRANDE DO NORTE: MINERACAO E METALURGIA, V. 8 NO. 4, P. 95-100.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: CESAR (1984).}
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