Mine detail: Rio Grande Do Sul Tin Tungsten District

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Location

Lat / long:

-30.83066, -52.74905

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten, Tin
Tertiary:	Molybdenum, Copper
Discovery year:	1903

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	GREISEN, DISSEMINATED, QUARTZ VEINS, PLACER
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1913

Geology

Alteration processes:

GREISENIZED GRANITE AND METASEDIMENTS

References

MRDS	W001420
DEP	60001576
Reference	{Deposit:: FRANCO, RUI R.(1944)A FAIXA ESTANIFERA DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL: UNIV. DE SAO PAULO, FACULDADE FILOSOFIA, BOLETIM XLIV, MINERALOGIA NO. 6, P. 5-54.}{Deposit:: LEINZ V. AND PINAGEL, H.(1945):ESTANHO E TUNGSTENIO O RIO GRANDE DO SUL: DEPT. NACIONAL PROD. MINERAL, DIV. FOM PROD. MINERAL BOLETIM 70,87P.}{Deposit:: ABREU, S.F.(1962), RECURSOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL VOL.II,P. 373-374.}
Reporter	WHITE, MAX G.