Mina Morro Da Catinga

Past Producer in Santa Catarina, Brazil with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206969
MAS/MILS ID 3510450001
Record type Site
Current site name Mina Morro Da Catinga
Alternate or previous names Mina Nova Trento

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -49.93232, -27.28067 (WGS84)
Elevation 450

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Catarina(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Santa Catarina

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolinite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Wolframite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -49.93232, -27.28067

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.3M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip E00W:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nova Trento

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Capacity 25
    Capacity Units MT CONC/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT CONC
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARBOSA, F.L.M., 1973, PERFIL ANALITICO DO TUNGSTENIO: DNPM

  • Deposit

    NO.24, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, 69P.

  • Deposit

    LEFOND, S.J., 1973, BRAZILIAN MINING: RELAXED GOVT ATTITUDE

  • Deposit

    THE WAY FOR EXPLOITING CRITICAL RESERVES: MIN. ENG. V.25

  • Deposit

    PG.31-45.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 75-REGIONAL DESCRIPTION 75-RCD 030 LOCATION IS THAT OF CITY OF NOVA TRENTO 75-RCD 080 DEP IS PEGMATITE VEINS IN GRANITE AND SCHIST 75-RCD 160 DEST IS METALLURGICAL PLANTS OF SAO PAULO, SAO PA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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