Olhos D'Agua Das Batatas Lead

Producer in Bahia, 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 10069050
MRDS ID W002335
Record type Site
Current site name Olhos D'Agua Das Batatas Lead

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -41.03227, -12.36443 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bahia(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Bahia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -41.03227, -12.36443

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTHLY REPORT, BRAZIL PROJECT, MAY 1966, HOLZLE, A.F

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT IS LOCATED NEAR LAGOA GRANDE. ORE OCCURS IN BAMBUI LIMESTONE. SOME MINING ACTIVITY HAS BEEN DONE IN RECENT PAST, MAINLY BY SURFACE PITS

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.