Mine detail: Onca

Previously called 'Onca Complex'

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Location

Lat / long:

-6.52751, -51.09915

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel, Iron
Secondary:	Cobalt
Ore:	Chlorite, Garnierite, Serpentine, Vermiculite
Gangue:	Goethite, Hematite, Quartz, Spinel
Discovery year:	1973

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
Associated rock:	Onca Mafic-Ultramafic Complex, Xingu Complex;Onca Mafic-Ultramafic Complex, Xingu Complex
Associated type:	Anorthosite,Dunite,Pyroxenite

References

MRDS	TC40811
DEP	10065479
Reference	{Deposit:: HEIM, S.L., AND DE CASTRO FILHO, L.W., 1986, JAZIDA DE NIQUEL LATERITICO DE PUMA-ONCA, MUNICIPIO DE SAO FELIX DO XINGU, PARA, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS. C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BRASILIA, V. 11, P. 347-368}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Page, Norman J.