Mine detail: Fazenda Brasilea Copper

Previously called 'Maracas Copper'

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Location

Lat / long:

-13.24772, -40.58226

Resource(B)

Primary:	Vermiculite, Copper
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Vermiculite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Pyroxenite,Hornblendite
Associated type:	Pyroxenite,Hornblendite

References

MRDS	W002370
DEP	10069071
Reference	{Deposit:: MONTHLY REPORT, BRAZIL PROJECT, FEB. 1969, HEDLUND, D.C.}{Deposit:: MONTHLY REPORT, BRAZIL PROJECT, MAY, 1969, HEDLUND, D.C.}{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., 1989, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EAST-CENTRAL BAHIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 75 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Warfle, Thomas M., Orris, Greta J.