Mine detail: Morro Do Engenho Nickel Deposit - Brazil.

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Location: Goias, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -15.38741, -53.46361
dep_id: 10070067
mrds_id: W012728
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Clay, Garnierite
model: 110: Lateritic Ni
Reporter: Shaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Ipora Group;
hrock_type: Peridotite,Dunite,Pyroxenite
arock_unit: Basement Complex;Furnas Formation, Parana Group;Ipora Group
arock_type: Dunite,Gneiss,Migmatite,Sandstone,Conglomerate,Granite
disc_yr: 1970
discr: Departamento Nacional Da Producao Mineral (Dnpm).
References:
  • 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.
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