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Mina Bodo

Producer in Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil with commodity Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061731
MRDS ID TC34679
Record type Site
Current site name Mina Bodo
Alternate or previous names Bodo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -36.38638, -5.84614 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 18 KM WNW OF CERRO CORA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Grande Do Norte(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Rio Grande Do Norte

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Serido Formation
    Rock description Serido Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -36.38638, -5.84614
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1943

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Servulho Pereira
    First year 1943

Comments on the production information

  • INCLUDES QUEIMADA AND RIACHAO. CONC WO3 ONLY FROM BODO MINE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MEASURED RESERVE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CESAR, P. DE A.B., 1984, PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS, METODOLOGIA, E LISTAGEM, CAPITULO IX, IN GEOLOGIA DO BRASIL, EDS., C. SCHOBBENHAUS, D. DE A. CAMPOS, G.R. DERZE, AND H.E. ASMUS: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, PP. 359-419.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., AND MOACYR DE VASCONCELLOS, F., 1945, SCHEELITE IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 40, NO. 1, P. 34-50.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1944, AS MINAS DE SCHEELITA DE BARRA VERDE, BARRO VERMELHO, BODO E CAFUCA, RIO GRANDE DO NORTE: MINERACAO E METALURGIA, V. 8, NO. 4, P. 95-100.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    CESAR (1984). JOHNSTON AND MOACYR DE VASCONCELLOS (1945)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: AUGUST, 1943
Deposit WAS SOME ELUVIAL MATERIAL; AT CONTACT WITH GRANITE BEDS DIP S AND SW AT 30 IN LIMESTONE OR TACTITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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