Mine detail: Caraiba Copper Deposit

Previously called 'JaguiarariCaraiba'

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Location

Lat / long:

-9.8501, -39.86421

Resource(B)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Nickel, Cobalt, Gold, Silver, Talc-Soapstone, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Ore:	Bismuthinite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cubanite, Digenite, Malachite, Millerite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Talc, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Forsterite, Hornblende, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Phlogopite
Orebody form:	ONE DEPOSIT IS CIRCULAR, THE OTHER IS LONG AND LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1578

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host type:	Norite,Orthopyroxenite
Associated rock:	Supracrustal;Infracrustal;Syntectonic
Associated type:	Quartzite,Gneiss,Amphibolite
Structure:	Northerly Trending Folds Plunging To The South.
Tectonic:	Precambrian Shield, Sao Francisco Craton

References

MRDS	W002123
DEP	10068855
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 DISTRITO 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.}{Deposit:: ANUARIO MINERAL BRASILEIRO, 1980.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, DEC. 1976, P. 527-535.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JUNE 1981, P. 483-484.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, V. 292, NO. 7502, P. 423.}{Deposit:: LEWIS, R.W., 1966, A GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE CARAIBA DEPOSIT, BAHIA, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 550C, P. C190-C196.}{Deposit:: TOWNEND, R., FERREIRA, P.M., FRANKE, N.D., COMPANHIA VALE DO RIO DOCE, 1980, CARAIBA, A NEW COPPER DEPOSIT IN BRAZIL: APPLIED EARTH SCIENCE, V. 89, P. B159-B164.}{Production:: DE LIMA E SILVA AND OTHERS (1988).}{Reserve-Resource:: ANUARIO MINERAL BRASILEIRO (1980).}
Reporter	Warfle, Thomas M., Page, Norman J., Leonard, Kenneth R., Pierce, Herbert A.