Mine detail: Fazenda Bonfim Tungsten I

Previously called 'Bonfim'

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Location: Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -5.83141, -36.11555
dep_id: 10069067
mrds_id: W002363
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Scheelite
gangue: Epidote, Garnet
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR MASSES
model: 42: W skarn
conc_proc: Residual Weathering
ore_ctrl: Country Rock, Serido Schist, Strikes N10e And Dips From 60e To Vertical
Reporter: Warfle, Thomas M., Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Serido Schist, Biotite Schist
hrock_type: Schist,Skarn (Tactite)
Structure: Precambrian Shield
Year first produced: 1969
disc_yr: 1969
prod_yrs: 1969
discr: Sr. Rau* Son: Sr. Eurico
References:
  • Deposit:: MONTHLY REPORT, BRAZIL PROJECT, APRIL 1969, NAGELL, R.H.
  • Deposit:: CESAR, P. DE A.B., 1984, PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS, METODOLOGIA, E LISTAGEM, CAPITULO IX, IN GEOLOGIA DO BRASIL, EDS., C. SCHOBBENHAUS, D. DE A. CAMPOS, G.R. DERZE, AND H.E. ASMUS: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, PP. 359-419.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: MONTHLY REPORT, BRAZIL PROJECT, APR 1969, NAGELL
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