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Mina Do Baixo

Past Producer in Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum
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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. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099547
MRDS ID TC40671
Record type Site
Current site name Mina Do Baixo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -36.99888, -6.14389 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 20 KM NNE OF CAICO

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
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet 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 Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -36.99888, -6.14389
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner S. Miguel

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE IN 1943; INACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.02HA
    Length 10M
    Overall depth 2M
    Overall length 9.14M
    Overall width 10M

Comments on the workings information

  • ABANDONED PIT 10X10X2 M IN 1943

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSTON, W.D.,JR , AND MOACYR DE VASCONCELOS, E.F., 1943, TUNGSTENIO NA PARAIBA E RIO GRANDE DO NORTE: MINERACAO E METALURGIA, V. 7, NO. 41, P. 247-260

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    JOHNSTON AND MOACYR DE VASCONCELOS(1943)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-94 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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