Mine detail: Amapa Tin Placers

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Location: Amapa*, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: 0.75155, -51.54916
dep_id: 10068383
mrds_id: W001413
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Tin
Minor mineral: Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Gold, Diamond
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Cassiterite, Gold
Reporter: White, Max G.
hrock_type: Metasedimentary Rock
arock_type: Pegmatite
References:
  • Deposit:: 1. KLEPPER, M.R. AND DEQUECH, VITOR(1945)MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE TERRITORY OF AMAPA, BRAZIL: ALLUVIAL GOLD, CASSITERITE AND COLUMBITE-TANTALITE IN THE AMAPARI RIVER REGION, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT, WASH. D.C.
  • Deposit:: KLEPPER, M.R. AND DEQUECH, VITOR(1945),MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE TERRITORY OF AMAPA, BRAZIL; GOLD, TANTALITE AND DIAMONDS NEAR VILA SANTA MARIA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, OPEN FILE REPORT, WASH. D.C.
  • Deposit:: DEQUECH, VITOR AND KLEPPER, M.R.(1946), ESTANHO, OURO , TANTALITA E DIAMANTES NO TERRITORIO DE AMAPA: DIV. DE FOMENTO DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, BOLETIM 79, P.89-113.
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