Mine detail: Inhandjara Tungsten Deposit

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Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -23.16409, -47.08232
dep_id: 10068386
mrds_id: W001418
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Minor mineral: Tin
Trace mineral: Zinc, Lead, Copper, Molybdenum, Bismuth
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Bismuth, Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Topaz, Wolframite
alteration: Deposit Is In Greisenised Gneiss
ore_ctrl: Two Sets Of Veins, N 60 W And N 30 E In Fractures In Greisenised Gneiss.
Reporter: White, Max G.
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_type: Gneiss,Granite
tectonic: Brazilian Shield
Year first produced: 1942
disc_yr: 1940
discr: J. Felicissimo Of Instituto Geologico E Geographico
References:
  • 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.
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