Pitinga

Producer in Amazonas, Brazil with commodity Tin
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 10107444
MRDS ID W700476
Record type Site
Current site name Pitinga

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -59.91601, -0.66504 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amazonas(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Amazonas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Columbite Ore
Pyrochlore Ore
Tantalite Ore
Xenotime Ore
Zircon Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Madeira Granite
    Rock description Madeira Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1600
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Madeira Granite
    Rock description Madeira Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1600

Nearby scientific data

(1) -59.91601, -0.66504

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZED APOGRANITE HAS A CORE OF 70% ALBITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1978

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES OF NIOBIUM & TANTALUM ARE EQUAL TO TIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DMPM

  • Production

    DMPM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS IS THE LARGEST TIN MINE IN THE WORLD AS OF 1988.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1988 Drew, L. J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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