Mine detail: Cafuca

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Location: Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -5.74391, -36.35416
dep_id: 10065426
mrds_id: TC40661
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Scheelite
gangue: Epidote, Quartz, Vesuvianite, Wollastonite
model: 42: W skarn
Reporter: Page, Norman J., Sherlock, Maureen
hrock_unit: Serido Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
References:
  • 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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