Mine detail: Rondonia Tin District

Previously called 'CortezPotosi HillMacambiraRiachveloMinerios De RhondoniaPorto FrancoNovo MundoAlto Candeias-Sao DomingosFormosoGarimpoCaririTabocaMacanaguaMoro PotosiSan CarlosSao SebastiaoAbunaAlto Rio PretoPrimaveraOritente NovoOriente VelhoIgarape AlvesCaritianasOlho
*guaBomfuturoBuritiRio Jaci-ParawaLimeiraCaripunasMacisaSao LourencoCachoeirinhaQueimadaRio Das GarcasSanta BarbaraDuducaBest GroupBrascan GroupBrumadinho GroupC-75 GarimpoPorto Velho MineJacunda'

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Location

Lat / long:

-10.99788, -62.99939

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tin
Secondary:	Tungsten, Tantalum, Gold
Discovery year:	1800

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	PLACER, VEIN, GREISEN
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1800

Geology

Structure:

FRACTURE-JOINT SET NW AND NE

References

MRDS	W001063
DEP	60001560
Reference	{Deposit:: WRITTEN COMMUNICATION FROM M.G. WHITE}{Deposit:: LJUNGGREN, P. THE TIN DEPOSITS OF RONDONIA, BRAZIL AS COMPARED WITH BOLIVIAN TIN MIN.: GEOL. FOREN STOCKHOLM FORH. VOL. 85, PART 4, N. 515, P. 431-435-PORTUGUESE}
Reporter	PAGE, NORMAN J., BEOUGHER, DELILAH J. (SPANSKI, GREGORY T.), WHITE, MAX G.(72-12) AND WARFLE, THOMAS M.