Mine detail: Surubim Copper Deposit

Previously called 'Surubim'

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Location

Lat / long:

-9.57678, -39.86199

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1963

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host type:	Norite,Pyroxenite
Associated rock:	Riacho De Buiao;
Associated type:	Diorite,Norite,Gneiss,Amphibolite,Granulite
Structure:	Two Phases Of Folding.
Tectonic:	Precambrian Shield
Alteration processes:	Actinolite, Chlorite, Natronite, Illite, Talc. Appears To Have Hydrothermal Overprint That Redistributed The Mineralization.

References

MRDS	W002120
DEP	10068852
Reference	{Deposit:: WRITTEN COMMUNICATION FROM M.G. WHITE}{Deposit:: DE LIMA E SILVA, F.G., CAVALCANTE, P.R.B., DE SA, E.P., *L REY SILVA, L.J.H., AND MACHADO, J.C.M., 1988, DEPOSITO DE COBRE DE CARAIBA E O DISTRICTO CUPRIFERO DO VALE DO RIO CURACA, BAHIA, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS. C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BRASILIA, V. III, P. 11-32.}
Reporter	Warfle, Thomas M., Page, Norman J.