| Location: | Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America |
| Lat / long: | -21.79745, -46.56566 |
| dep_id: | 10069039 |
| mrds_id: | W002321 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Aluminum, Iron, Thorium, REE |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Stockwork |
| Production size: | No production occurred |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| ore: | Allanite, Bastnaesite, Bauxite, Cerianite |
| gangue: | Gibbsite, Kaolin, Limonite, Sandstone, Tuff |
| orebody_fm: | LENTICULAR |
| conc_proc: | Hydrothermal Solutions Formed Primary Deposit, Weathering Of Ore Left Secondary Residual Near Surface |
| ore_ctrl: | Rocks On Footwall Side Of Veins Are More Enriched With Ore Than Rocks On Hanging Wall Side. |
| Reporter: | Warfle, Thomas M. |
| hrock_type: | Nepheline Syenite |
| arock_type: | Metasedimentary Rock,Granite |
| tectonic: | Precambrian Shield And Mesozoic Intrusive |
| disc_yr: | 1953 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: WEDOW, H., 1967, THE MORRO DO FERRO THORIUM AND RARE-EARTH ORE DEPOSIT, POCOS DE CALDAS DISTRICT, BRAZIL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1185-D34
- Deposit:: WEDOW, HELMUTH, 1967, THE MORRO DO FERRO THORIUM AND RARE-EARTH ORE DEPOSIT, POCOS DE CALDAS DISTRICT, BRAZIL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1185-D34.
- Deposit:: 1953 DIREXPL WHITE, M.G., AND TOLBERT, G.E.
- Deposit:: 1956 DIREXPL HELMUTH WEDOW
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