Mine detail: Taquari

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Location: Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -21.91356, -46.47899
dep_id: 10065532
mrds_id: TC40874
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zirconium
Minor mineral: Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Zircon
gangue: Fluorite
orebody_fm: LENSES
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Pocos De Caldas Alkaline Intrusive;;
hrock_type: Nepheline Syenite
arock_unit: Pocos De Caldas Alkaline Intrusive
arock_type: Phonolite
tectonic: Precambrian Shield
References:
  • Deposit:: TOLBERT, G.E., 1966, THE URANIFEROUS ZIRCONIUM DEPOSITS OF THE POCOS DE CALDAS PLATEAU, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1185-C, 28 P
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: TOLBERT (1966).
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