Mine detail: Inhandjara Tungsten Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

-23.16409, -47.08232

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Secondary:	Tin
Tertiary:	Zinc, Lead, Copper, Molybdenum, Bismuth
Ore:	Bismuth, Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Topaz, Wolframite
Discovery year:	1940

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1942

Geology

Host type:	Gneiss
Associated type:	Gneiss,Granite
Tectonic:	Brazilian Shield
Alteration processes:	Deposit Is In Greisenised Gneiss

References

MRDS	W001418
DEP	10068386
Reference	{Deposit:: SALDANHA, RO(1946)O ESTUDO DA JAZIDA DE WOLFRAMOTA DE INHANDJARA: UNIV. DE SAO PAULO,FACULDADE FILOSOFIA, CIENCIAS E LETRA BOLETIM LX, P. 5-92}{Deposit:: ABREU, S.F.(1962)RECURSOS MINERAIS DO BRAZIL, VOL.II, P. 372.}{Deposit:: 1940 DIREXPL MINERACAO INHANDJARA}{Deposit:: SEE GENERAL REFERENCES}{Deposit:: 1954 DIREXPL WAH CHANG CORP.}
Reporter	White, Max G.