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: Rondonia, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -10.99788, -62.99939
dep_id: 60001560
mrds_id: W001063
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tin
Minor mineral: Tungsten, Tantalum, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: PLACER, VEIN, GREISEN
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
model: 49: Sn greisen
conc_proc: LATERIZATION OF GRANITE
ore_ctrl: NW AND NE SET JOINTING-FRACTURE WITH TIN-BEARING QTZ VEINS
Reporter: PAGE, NORMAN J., BEOUGHER, DELILAH J. (SPANSKI, GREGORY T.), WHITE, MAX G.(72-12) AND WARFLE, THOMAS M.
Structure: FRACTURE-JOINT SET NW AND NE
yfp_ba: >
Year first produced: 1800
dy_ba: >
disc_yr: 1800
discr: Donald Campbell
References:
  • 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
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