Mine detail: Rio Grande Do Sul Tin Tungsten District

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Location: Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -30.83066, -52.74905
dep_id: 60001576
mrds_id: W001420
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten, Tin
Trace mineral: Molybdenum, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: GREISEN, DISSEMINATED, QUARTZ VEINS, PLACER
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
alteration: GREISENIZED GRANITE AND METASEDIMENTS
conc_proc: PLACER CASSITERITE
Reporter: WHITE, MAX G.
Year first produced: 1913
disc_yr: 1903
discr: Frederico Gustavo Scheffer
References:
  • 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.
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