Mine detail: Quixeramobim

Previously called 'CondadoQuixadaPoco Dos Cavalos'

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Location: Ceara, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -5.38141, -39.14893
dep_id: 60000437
mrds_id: I000042
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Beryllium
Minor mineral: Mica
Trace mineral: Lithium, Tin
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: PEGMATITE, GREISEN?
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
model: 33: Be-Li pegmatites
References:
  • Deposit:: GRIFFITHS, JOYCE, 1985, BERYLLIUM MINERALS- DEMAND STRONG FOR MINIATURIZATION: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 213, P. 41-51.
  • Deposit:: AZEVEDO BRANCO, P.C. DE, 1984, PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS, METODOLOGIA E LISTAGEM, IN SCHOBBENHAUS, CARLOS, ALMEIDA CAMPOS, DIOGENES DE, DERZE, G.R., AND ASMUS, H.E., COORDS., GEOLOGIA DO BRASIL: BRASILIA, BRAZIL, DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, P. 360-419.
  • Deposit:: JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1945, BERYL-TANTALITE PEGMATITES OF NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN 56, P. 1015-1070.
  • Deposit:: CESAR, P. DE A.B., 1984, PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS, METODOLOGIA E LISTAGEM, CAPITULO IX, IN SCHOBBENHAUS, C., CAMPOS, D. DE A., DERZE, G.R., ASMUS, H.E., EDS., GEOLOGIA DO BRASIL: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, P. 359-419.
  • Deposit:: AFGOUNI, K., AND SILVA SA, J.H., 1978, LITHIUM ORE IN BRAZIL, IN PENNER, S.S., ED., LITHIUM NEEDS AND RESOURCES: ENERGY, V. 3, P. 247-253.
  • Deposit:: AUBERT, G., 1963, LE LITHIUM: BULL. DU B.R.G.M., NO. 2, P. 23-93.
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