Mine detail: Barra Verde and Barra Vermelho Mines

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Location: Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -6.28333, -36.53555
dep_id: 10085128
mrds_id: W700665
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Minor mineral: Bismuth
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Bismutite, Molybdenite, Scheelite
gangue: Epidote, Fluorite, Garnet, Hornblende, Quartz, Vesuvianite
model: 42: W skarn
Reporter: Beougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.)
hrock_unit: Serido Formation
hrock_type: Mica Schist,Limestone
disc_yr: 1943
References:
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 46.
  • Deposit:: JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., AND MOACYR DE VASCOCELLOS, F., 1945, SCHEELITEE IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 40, NO. 1, P. 34-50.
  • Deposit:: JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1944, AS MINAS DE SCHEELITA DE BARRA VERDE, BARRO VERMELHO, BODO E CAFUCA, RIO GRANDE DO NORTE: MINERACAO E METALURGIA, V. 8, NO. 4, P. 95-100.
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