Alto Feio

Past Producer in Paraiba, Brazil with commodities Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Beryllium

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10065424
MRDS ID	TC40658
Record type	Site
Current site name	Alto Feio

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-35.81554, -6.66525 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	10000(meters)
Relative position	1 KM NE OF PEDRA LAVRADA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Paraiba(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Brazil	Paraiba

Comments on the location information

ON HILL 80 M ABOVE SURROUNDING COUNTRYSIDE.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical	Primary
Tantalum Critical	Primary
Beryllium Critical	Primary

Comments on the commodity information

LARGEST BERYL HAD 68 CM DIAMETER, WAS 4 M LONG, AND WEIGHED 68 TONS.

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Beryl	Ore
Cassiterite	Ore
Albite	Gangue
Microcline	Gangue
Muscovite	Gangue
Quartz	Gangue
Tourmaline	Gangue

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Associated

Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
Host or associated Host

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-35.81554, -6.66525	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

Thickness 100M

Length 500M

Thickness	100M
Length	500M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Comments on the workings information

WORKED BY GARIMPOS.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC40658

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, P. 359-419.
Deposit

CARNEIRO DE ALMEIDA, S., JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., LEONARDOS, O.H., AND SCORZA, E.P., 1944, THE BERYL-TANTALITE-CASSITERITE PEGMATITES OF PARAIBA AND RIO GRANDE DO NORTE, BRAZIL: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 39, NO. 3, P. 206-221.
Other Database

CIMRI

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	HAS A ROSE AND WHITE QUARTZ CORE, ZONED OUTWARD.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.