Mine detail: Onca

Previously called 'Onca Complex'

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Location: Para, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -6.52751, -51.09915
dep_id: 10065479
mrds_id: TC40811
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel, Iron
Minor mineral: Cobalt
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chlorite, Garnierite, Serpentine, Vermiculite
gangue: Goethite, Hematite, Quartz, Spinel
model: 110: Lateritic Ni
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
arock_unit: Onca Mafic-Ultramafic Complex, Xingu Complex;Onca Mafic-Ultramafic Complex, Xingu Complex
arock_type: Anorthosite,Dunite,Pyroxenite
disc_yr: 1973
References:
  • 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
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