| Lat / long: | -12.81442, -42.7323 |
| Primary: | Lead |
| Secondary: | Zinc |
| Ore: | Anglesite, Bornite, Gahnite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Hydrozincite, Malachite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite |
| Gangue: | Limonite, Pyromorphite, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | BEDS, TABULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1952 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1957 |
| Host rock: | Boquira Formation, Paramirim Complex |
| Host type: | Marble,Schist,Amphibolite,Dolomite,Iron Formation |
| Associated rock: | Espinhaco Supergrouip |
| Associated type: | Syenite,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Granite |
| Structure: | Tight Folds. |
| Tectonic: | Precambrian Shield |
| MRDS | W002316 |
| DEP | 10069034 |
| Reference | {Analytical Data:: JOHNSON (1963).}{Deposit:: R.H. NAGELL AND M.G. WHITE, 1974, LEAD-ZINC RESOURCES IN BRAZIL}{Deposit:: ESPOURTEILLE, F., AND FLEISCHER, R., 1988, MINA DE CHUMBO DE BOQUIRA, BAHIA, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS. C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BRASILIA, V. III, P. 91-99.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, R.F., 1962, LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE BOQUIRA DISTRICT, STATE OF BAHIA, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1110-A, 33 P.}{Production:: ESPOURTEILLE AND FLEISCHER (1988).} |
| Reporter | Warfle, Thomas M., Page, Norman J. |