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Zangarelhas

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10281399
MAS/MILS ID 3510350009
Record type Site
Current site name Zangarelhas
Alternate or previous names Zangarelhas Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -36.49888, -6.16476 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

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 Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -36.49888, -6.16476
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 14M
    Length 1100M
    Width 100M
    Depth to top 700M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STRATIFORM
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Date of Last Modification 830826

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Milling method Gravity

Mining district

District name Currais Novos

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Tungstenio Do Brasil Minerios E Metais
    Interest 100
    Year 1982

Comments on the ownership information

  • TUNGSTENIO DO BRASIL IS A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF UNION CARBIDE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FORMERLY 3510350007. RESOURCES AS OF 1/83.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 200M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Number of Shafts 1
    Capacity 300
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 11.5
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    YIN, S.W.H. AND WANG, C.T., TUNGSTEN: SOURCES, METALLURGY,

  • Deposit

    PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS, PLENUM PRESS, N.Y.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE BEDS DIP 10-15 DEG SOUTHWARD AND EXTEND DOWNWARD FOR 2.5 KILOMETERS.

Reporter information

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

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