| Location: | Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America |
| Lat / long: | -23.43075, -47.58233 |
| dep_id: | 10068387 |
| mrds_id: | W001419 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Tungsten, Tin |
| Trace mineral: | Copper, Lead, Bismuth, Fluorine-Fluorite, Molybdenum |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Bismuth, Cassiterite, Fluorite, Molybdenite, Wolframite |
| gangue: | Axinite, Tourmaline |
| other_matl: | Topaz |
| orebody_fm: | ELIPTICAL SHAPE GRANITE STOCK |
| alteration: | Greisenised Granite |
| ore_ctrl: | Wolframite Occurs In Almost All Quartz Veins In Area (N 66 E Set)And May Be Associated With Galena, Arsenopyrite, Pyrite And Chalcopyrite. Sparce Cassiterite. Numerous Tungstite Occurrences Reported. Wolframite Has Not Been Found As Disseminations Or Impregnations In Greisen. Mineralized Veins Up To One Meter In Width Are Reported. |
| Reporter: | White, Max G. |
| hrock_unit: | Metasediments, Sao Roque Group (620-900 M.Y.) |
| hrock_type: | Metasedimentary Rock |
| arock_type: | Greisen |
| Structure: | Eliptical Shaped Granite Stock With N 60 E Trend The Same As Regional Strike Of Metasediments It Intrudes. |
| tectonic: | Brazilian Shield |
| Year first produced: | 1945 |
| disc_yr: | 1936 |
| discr: | Theodoro Knecht Of Instituto Geografia E Geologia |
| References: |
- 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
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