Mine detail: Brejo Grande

Previously called 'Campo Formoso'

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Location: Bahia, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -10.51341, -40.37365
dep_id: 10065427
mrds_id: TC40663
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Chromium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chromite
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Campo Formoso Complex
hrock_type: Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
arock_unit: Campo Formoso Batholith;Itapicuru Complex;;
arock_type: Monzonite,Diorite,Schist,Granite
disc_yr: 1907
References:
  • Deposit:: DUARTE, P.M., AND FONTES, C.F., 1986, MINAS DE CROMITA DAS FAZENDAS LIMOEIRO E PEDRINHAS, MUNICIPIO DE CAMPO FORMOSO, BAHIA, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS. SCHOBBENHAUS, C., AND COELHO, C.E.S., V. II, P. 207-214.
  • Deposit:: JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., AND DE SOUZA, H.C.A., 1943, LAYERED OR BANDED CHROMITE AT CAMPO FORMOSO, BAHIA, BRAZIL: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 38, NO. 1, P. 287-297.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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