Mine detail: Rocha Lead Deposit

Previously called 'Vein System Or Areas: Sao FranciscoBassetiMataoEsperancaEgara'

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Location: Parana, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -24.72546, -49.12735
dep_id: 10069025
mrds_id: W002307
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver
Minor mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Anglesite, Argentite, Cerussite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyromorphite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Calcite, Fluorite, Quartz
other_matl: Bornite
Reporter: Warfle, Thomas M., Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Middle Member Of Acungui Formation
hrock_type: Schist,Dolomite
References:
  • Analytical Data:: ACCIARI AND OTHERS (1988).
  • Deposit:: R.H. NAGELL AND M.G. WHITE, 1974, LEAD-ZINC RESOURCES IN BRAZIL
  • Deposit:: ACCIARI, D. JR., RIBEIRO, J.C., DIAS, J.R.M., AND BRANDAO, W., 1988, MINA DE CHUMBO E PRATA DO ROCHA, ADRIANOPOLIS, PARANA, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS., C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BRASILIA, V. III, P. 135-145.
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