Mine detail: Sao Joao Do Piaui

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-8.46462, -41.94897

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel
Ore:	Garnierite
Discovery year:	1977

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Brejo Seco Mafic-Ultramafic Complex
Host type:	Serpentinite
Associated rock:	Salgueiro Group;Brejo Seco Mafic-Ultramafic Complex
Associated type:	Diorite,Gabbro,Norite,Quartzite,Phyllite,Gneiss
Alteration processes:	Serpentinization

References

MRDS	W029670
DEP	10079625
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Saam, Henning G. (Shaffer, Glenn L.), Page, Norman J.