Santana Tungsten

Occurrence in Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil with commodity Tungsten

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10069068
MRDS ID	W002365
Record type	Site
Current site name	Santana Tungsten

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-36.79888, -6.7647 (WGS84)

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

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-36.79888, -6.7647	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W002365

Bibliographic references

Deposit

MONTHLY REPORT, BRAZIL PROJECT, APRIL 1969, POMERENE, J.B

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	SCHEELITE BEARING TACTITE OCCURS ON THE QUIXABA DOS VERDES CONCESSION (JOSE MARCELINO) IN THE MUNICIPIO OF SANTANA IN RIO GRANDE DO NORTE. THE CONCESSION IS 5 KM NORTH OF THE TOWN OF SAO JOSE DE SABUGI IN PARAIBA. SR. MARCELINO HAS REQUESTED THE DNPM TO ASSIST HIM IN PROSPECTING THE AREA. SEVERAL THICK BEDS OF TACTITE ARE IN THIS STRUCTURALLY COMPLEX AREA. EXAMINATION OF THE TACTITES WITH A MINERALIGHT SHOWS THAT THEY ARE NOT UNIFORMLY SCHEELITE-BEARING. IN SOME PLACES, THE TACTITE IS VISUALLY ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 1% WO3; IN OTHERS, THE TACTITE IS BARREN. THE MINERALOGICAL ASSEMBLAGE AT QUIXABA DOS VERDES IS SIMILAR TO THAT AT LAGES. AMPHIBOLE IS ABUNDANT; THE TACTITES ARE NOT THE TYPICAL GARNET-EPIDOTE-VESUVIANITE SUITE; AND THE SCHEELITE ITSELF IS A CLEAR, NEARLY TRANSPARENT MINERAL WITH A BRIGHT BLUE FLUORESCENCE.

Subject category

Comment text

Deposit

SCHEELITE BEARING TACTITE OCCURS ON THE QUIXABA DOS VERDES CONCESSION (JOSE MARCELINO) IN THE MUNICIPIO OF SANTANA IN RIO GRANDE DO NORTE. THE CONCESSION IS 5 KM NORTH OF THE TOWN OF SAO JOSE DE SABUGI IN PARAIBA. SR. MARCELINO HAS REQUESTED THE DNPM TO ASSIST HIM IN PROSPECTING THE AREA. SEVERAL THICK BEDS OF TACTITE ARE IN THIS STRUCTURALLY COMPLEX AREA. EXAMINATION OF THE TACTITES WITH A MINERALIGHT SHOWS THAT THEY ARE NOT UNIFORMLY SCHEELITE-BEARING. IN SOME PLACES, THE TACTITE IS VISUALLY ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 1% WO3; IN OTHERS, THE TACTITE IS BARREN. THE MINERALOGICAL ASSEMBLAGE AT QUIXABA DOS VERDES IS SIMILAR TO THAT AT LAGES. AMPHIBOLE IS ABUNDANT; THE TACTITES ARE NOT THE TYPICAL GARNET-EPIDOTE-VESUVIANITE SUITE; AND THE SCHEELITE ITSELF IS A CLEAR, NEARLY TRANSPARENT MINERAL WITH A BRIGHT BLUE FLUORESCENCE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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