Mine detail: Boquira Deposit

Previously called 'Ore Bodies Or Zones: SobradoPeladoCruzeiroMaranhaoMorro PeladoParedaoS.E. of Peladinho.'

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Location

Lat / long:

-12.81442, -42.7323

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1957

Geology

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

References

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.