| Location: | Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil, South America |
| Lat / long: | -6.31472, -36.58221 |
| dep_id: | 10068859 |
| mrds_id: | W002128 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Tungsten |
| Minor mineral: | Molybdenum |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Molybdenite, Scheelite |
| gangue: | Bismuth, Calcite, Feldspar, Fluorite, Pyrite, Wollastonite, Zoisite |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR AND LINEAR |
| work_type: | Underground |
| model: | 42: W skarn |
| conc_proc: | Contact Metamorphism, Hydrothermal Solutions And Ground Water |
| ore_ctrl: | Tactite Ore Located Pt Contact Of Gneiss Or Schist Within Plunging Syncline, Southern End |
| Reporter: | Warfle, Thomas M., Page, Norman J. |
| hrock_type: | Schist,Gneiss,Skarn (Tactite) |
| arock_type: | Granite |
| Structure: | Open Syncline Plunging South 5 Degrees, North-Trending Fault |
| tectonic: | Precambrian B Shield |
| Year first produced: | 1943 |
| disc_yr: | 1942 |
| discr: | Johnston, W.D, And Vasconcellos, F.M. |
| References: |
- Deposit:: WHITE, M.G., 1973, TIN AND TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF BRAZIL.
- Deposit:: CESAR, P. DE A.B., 1984, PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS, METODOLOGIA, E LISTAGEM, CAPITULO IX, IN GEOLOGIA DO BRASIL, EDS., C. SCHOBBENHAUS, D. DE A. CAMPOS, G.R. DERZE, AND H.E. ASMUS: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, PP. 359-419.
- Deposit:: 1945 GEOLMAP W.D. JOHNSTON
- Deposit:: 1969 COMPILE R.H. NAGELL
- Deposit:: 1972 DIREXPL BARBOSA (DNPM)
- Deposit:: 1973 DIREXPL PORTO (DNPM)
- Other Database:: CIMRI
- Production:: WHITE, M.G., 1973, TIN AND TUNG. RESOUR. OF BRAZ, CESAR (1984).
- Reserve-Resource:: WHITE, M.G., 1973, TIN AND TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF BRAZIL, CESAR (1984).
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