Mine detail: Americano Do Brasil

Previously called 'Salgado'

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Location

Lat / long:

-16.10348, -50.07493

Resource(M)

Primary:	Cobalt, Nickel, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Marcasite, Millerite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Magnetite
Discovery year:	1972

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Americano Do Brasil Mafic-Ultramafic Complex
Host type:	Norite,Dunite,Pyroxenite,Hornblendite
Alteration processes:	Metamorphism Is Upper Amphibolite To Granulite Facies

References

MRDS	W033813
DEP	10081611
Reference	{Deposit:: SANTOS,M,CUBA,E,GOMES DE SA,C,1987,JAZIDA DE NIQUEL,COBRE E COBALTO DE AMERICANO DO BRASIL IN (SCHMALTZ,W,ED) OS PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DA REJIAO CENTRO OCSTE. DNPM 6 DISTRITO P.1-31.}{Deposit:: NILSON, A.A., DOS SANTOS, M.M., CUBA, E.A., AND GOMES DE SA, C.M., 1986, JAZIDA DE NIQUEL, COBRE E COBALTO DE AMERICANO DO BRASIL, GOIAS, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS. C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BRASILIA, V. 11, P. 257-273.}
Reporter	Grant, Nigel J, Page, Norman J.