Mine detail: Serra Sao Francisco Tungsten Deposit

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Location

Lat / long: -23.43075, -47.58233

Resource(B)

Primary: Tungsten, Tin
Tertiary: Copper, Lead, Bismuth, Fluorine-Fluorite, Molybdenum
Ore: Bismuth, Cassiterite, Fluorite, Molybdenite, Wolframite
Gangue: Axinite, Tourmaline
Orebody form: ELIPTICAL SHAPE GRANITE STOCK
Other material: Topaz
Discovery year: 1936

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1945

Geology

Host rock:Metasediments, Sao Roque Group (620-900 M.Y.)
Host type:Metasedimentary Rock
Associated type:Greisen
Structure:Eliptical Shaped Granite Stock With N 60 E Trend The Same As Regional Strike Of Metasediments It Intrudes.
Tectonic:Brazilian Shield
Alteration processes:Greisenised Granite

References

MRDSW001419
DEP10068387
Reference{Deposit:: SALDANHA, REYNALDO AND FRANCO, RUI R.(1946)NOTA PRELIMINAR SOBRE A OCORRENCIA DE VOLFRAMITA E CASSITERITA EM SOROCABA: MINERACAO E MET. NO.57,P.107-109.}{Deposit:: KNECHT, THEODORO(1946)AS JAZIDAS DE WOLFRAMITA E CASSITERITA DA SERRA DE S. FRANCISCO, SAO PAULO: ANAIS DO SEGUNDO CONG.PANAMER. ENG. DE MINAS E GEOL. VOL.II, P. 113-139.}{Deposit:: BARBOSA ALCEU F. AND MACIEL, PEDRO(1951)MINERALIZACAO DE ESTANHO E TUNGSTENIO NA SERRA DE S. FRANCISCO, SAO PAULO: MINER. E METAL. NO. 92 P. 145-150.}{Deposit:: 1943 RECON UNIV. OF SAO PAULO SEE REFERENCE F1}{Deposit:: SEE GENERAL REFERENCES}{Deposit:: 1944 GEOLMAP INST. GEOL. E EOG. SEE REFERENCE F2}
ReporterWhite, Max G.