Mine detail: Dinheiro

Previously called 'Pedra Do Dinheiro'

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Location: Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -6.44054, -36.45832
dep_id: 10105238
mrds_id: TC35300
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Beryllium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Beryl
gangue: Albite, Microcline, Muscovite, Quartz
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Pegmatite
References:
  • Deposit:: CARNEIRO DE ALMEIDA, S., JOHNSTON, W.D., JR, LEONARDOS, O.H., AND SCORZA, E.P., 1944, THE BERYL-TANTALITE-CASSITERITE PEGMATITES OF PARAIBA AND RIO GRANDE DO NORTE, BRAZIL: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 39, NO. 3, P. 206-221
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: CARNEIRA DE ALMEIDA AND OTHERS (1944).
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