Marim Bondo

Past Producer in Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil with commodities Beryllium, Tin, Lithium, Bismuth
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. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065419
MRDS ID TC40651
Record type Site
Current site name Marim Bondo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -36.45832, -6.46943 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 3 KM SW OF CARAUBAS.

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
Beryllium Critical Primary
Tin Critical Primary
Lithium Critical Primary
Bismuth Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Bismutite Ore
Cassiterite Ore
Spodumene Ore
Albite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -36.45832, -6.46943

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1938

Mining district

District name Rn

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 1 PERCENT OF PEGMATITE IS SPODUMENE.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONED PEGMATITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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