Mine detail: Brejo Grande

Previously called 'Campo Formoso'

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Location

Lat / long: -10.51341, -40.37365

Resource(M)

Primary: Chromium
Ore: Chromite
Discovery year: 1907

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Campo Formoso Complex
Host type:Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
Associated rock:Campo Formoso Batholith;Itapicuru Complex;;
Associated type:Monzonite,Diorite,Schist,Granite

References

MRDSTC40663
DEP10065427
Reference{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}
ReporterPage, Norman J.