Mine detail: Pitinga

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Location: Amazonas, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -0.74837, -60.11605
dep_id: 60000771
mrds_id: ISM0609
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tin, Zirconium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: MAGMATIC-HOSTED
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Year first produced: 1982
yr_lst_prd: 1987
disc_yr: 1980
References:
  • Deposit:: ANON, 1985, PARANAPANEM* PITINGA DEPOSIT BOOSTS BRAZILIAN OUTPUT: MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, VOL 304, NO 7818, P. 457
  • Deposit:: ANON, 1988, BRAZI* ZIRCONIUM: MINING JOURNAL, LONDON. VOL. 311, NO. 7994, P. 373
  • Deposit:: ANON, 1987, BRAZILIAN PRODUCERS DOWN-STREAM INTO OXIDES: TANTALUM-BIOBIUM- INTERNATIONAL STUDY CENTER. BULLETIN NO. 51, P. 3-4
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