Mine detail: Piraja

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Location: Bahia, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -14.14491, -41.57533
dep_id: 10065519
mrds_id: TC40859
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Magnesite, Gemstone, Quartz
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Emerald, Magnesite, Quartz
gangue: Enstatite, Talc
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Dolomite
arock_type: Quartzite
yr_lst_prd: 1945
disc_yr: 1939
discr: Pierre Cahen And Georges Minvielle
References:
  • Analytical Data:: BODENLOS (1954).
  • Deposit:: BODENLOS, A.J., 1954, MAGNESITE DEPOSITS IN SERRA DAS EGUAS, BRUMADO, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN, 975-C, 87-170.
  • Deposit:: DE AZEVEDO BRANCO, P.C., 1984, PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS, METHODOLOGIA E LISTAGEM, CAPITULO IX IN C. SCHOBBENHAUS, D. DE ALMEIDA CAMPOS, G.R. DERZE, AND H.E. ASMUS, EDS., GEOLOGIA DO BRASIL: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, P. 359-419.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: DE AZEVEDO BRANCO (1984).
  • Reserve-Resource:: BODENLOS (1954). DE AZEVEDO BRANCO (1984).
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