Mine detail: Sitio De Chico Copper Occurrence

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Location: Alagoas, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -9.34789, -37.49889
dep_id: 10069036
mrds_id: W002318
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron, Chromium, Titanium, Metal, Nickel, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Chromite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Pentlandite
gangue: Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
orebody_fm: TABULAR SILL
conc_proc: Copper And Other Metals Formed From A Cooling Magma.
Reporter: Warfle, Thomas M.
hrock_unit: Caraiba Group, Hornblende Biotite Gneiss
hrock_type: Gneiss
Structure: Sitio De Chico Complex Is A Sheared-Off Part Of A Longer Intrusive Originally 15 Km Long
tectonic: Precambrian Shield
disc_yr: 1925
References:
  • WRITTEN COMMUNICATION FROM W. MARHOL
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