Mine detail: Babacu

Previously called 'Serra Das Andorinhas'

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Location: Para, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -7.43552, -49.79468
dep_id: 10065513
mrds_id: TC40852
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
gangue: Quartz, Tourmaline
orebody_fm: LENS
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Babacu Sequence, Xingu Complex
hrock_type: Metavolcanic Rock
arock_unit: Gemaque Sequence, Rio Fresco Formation;;Goiaba Sediments
arock_type: Siltstone,Sandstone,Dolomite,Chert
Structure: Andorinhas Syncline
tectonic: Greenstone Belt
disc_yr: 1976
discr: Docegeo
References:
  • Deposit:: DA SILVA, A.R.B., DE CAMPOS, A.A., 1988, DEPOSITOS DE OURO DA SERRA DAS ANDORINHAS, RIO MARIA, PARA, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS. C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BRASILIA, V. III, P. 559-567
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: DA SILVA AND DE CAMPOS CORDIERO (1988).
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