Mine detail: Sao Joao Do Piaui

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Location: Piaui, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -8.46462, -41.94897
dep_id: 10079625
mrds_id: W029670
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Garnierite
alteration: Serpentinization
Reporter: Saam, Henning G. (Shaffer, Glenn L.), Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Brejo Seco Mafic-Ultramafic Complex
hrock_type: Serpentinite
arock_unit: Salgueiro Group;Brejo Seco Mafic-Ultramafic Complex
arock_type: Diorite,Gabbro,Norite,Quartzite,Phyllite,Gneiss
disc_yr: 1977
discr: Jose De Luz Coelho.
References:
  • Deposit:: SANTOS, J.F. DOS, 1974: FATORES DE CONTROLE HA CONCENTRACAO DE NIQUEL LATERITICO CONDICIONADAS PELA EVOLUCAO GEOLOGIA E GEOMORFOLOGIA DA COMPLEXO BASICO-ULTRABASICO DE SOA JOAO DO PIAUI- PI.
  • Deposit:: BERICHT DER D.G.G.M. IN BELO HORIZONTE, 1977: MINERALISCHE ROHSTOFFE IN BRASILIEN
  • Deposit:: DOS SANTOS, J.F., 1986, DEPOSITO DE NIQUEL DE SAO JOAO DO PIAUI, PIAUI, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS. C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BRASILIA, V. 11, P. 341-345.
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