Mine detail: Morro Do Engenho Nickel Deposit - Brazil.

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Location

Lat / long:

-15.38741, -53.46361

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel
Ore:	Clay, Garnierite
Discovery year:	1970

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Ipora Group;
Host type:	Peridotite,Dunite,Pyroxenite
Associated rock:	Basement Complex;Furnas Formation, Parana Group;Ipora Group
Associated type:	Dunite,Gneiss,Migmatite,Sandstone,Conglomerate,Granite

References

MRDS	W012728
DEP	10070067
Reference	{Deposit:: MINING ENGINEERING, 11/73, P. 43.}{Deposit:: BERBERT, C.O., 1986, O DEPOSITO DE NIQUEL LATERITICO DE MORRO DO ENGENHO, GOIAS, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS. C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BRASILIA, V. 11, P. 335-340.}
Reporter	Shaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J.