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Quixere

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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062090
MRDS ID TC35297
Record type Site
Current site name Quixere

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -37.15806, -6.55387 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 15 KM EAST OF SAO JOAO DO SABUGI.

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
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 > Amphibolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -37.15806, -6.55387
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2M
    Length 500M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1942

Comments on the production information

  • INCLUDES PINDOBA, MAZAGAO. CONC. ONLY FOR QUIXERE. AVERAGE GRADE 0.5% SCHEELITE IN SKARN.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INCLUDES PINDOBA, MAZAGAO.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL OPEN CUTS AND TRENCHES ALONG 500 M STRIKE LENGTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CESAR, P. DE A.B., 1984, PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITIS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS, METODOLOGIA, E LISTAGEM, CAPITULO IX, IN GEOLOGIA DO BRASIL, EDS., C. SHOBBENHAUS, 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., AND MOACYR DE VASCONCELLOS, F., 1943, TUNGSTENIO NA PARAIBA E RIO GRANDE DO NORTE: MINERACAO E METALURGIA, V. 7, NO. 41, P. 247-260.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    CESAR (1984).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AMPHIBOLITE BED WITH MARBLE, STRONG EPIDOTIZATION AND SILICIFICATION.

Reporter information

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

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