| Lat / long: | -9.57678, -39.86199 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Ore: | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite |
| Orebody form: | TABULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1963 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Prospect |
| 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. |
| 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. |