Fazenda Pocoes Lead Deposit

Occurrence in Piaui, Brazil with commodity Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069008
MRDS ID W002290
Record type Site
Current site name Fazenda Pocoes Lead Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -41.6823, -4.31484 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piaui(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Piaui

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -41.6823, -4.31484

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    R.H. NAGELL AND M.G. WHITE, 1974, LEAD-ZINC RESOURCES IN BRAZIL

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE LOCATED AT CONTACT OF SANDSTONE AND DIABASE SILL OF DEVONIAN AGE. ORE MINERALIZED DURING LATE MESOZOIC-CENOZOIC TIME (25 PLUS OR MINUS 65 M.Y.)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Warfle, Thomas M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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