Mine detail: Volta Grande Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -21.10329, -44.54813

Resource(M)

Primary: Tantalum, Lithium, Tin
Ore: Cassiterite, Spodumene, Tantalite
Gangue: Albite, Gahnite, Ilmenite, Kaolinite, Lepidolite, Magnetite, Microcline, Microlite, Muscovite, Quartz, Spessartite, Tourmaline, Xenotime, Zircon

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1943

Geology

Host type:Pegmatite
Associated type:Gneiss

References

MRDSW700664
DEP10085127
Reference{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 46.}{Deposit:: HEINRICH, E.W., 1964, TIN-TANTALUM-LITHIUM PEGMATITES OF THE SAO JOAO DEL REI DISTRICT, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 59, NO. 6, P. 982-1002.}
ReporterBeougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.), Page, Norman J.