Mamoes

Past Producer in Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil with commodities Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Beryllium, 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065422
MRDS ID TC40655
Record type Site
Current site name Mamoes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -36.6161, -6.83746 (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
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
Tantalum Critical Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary
Bismuth Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Bismutite 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) -36.6161, -6.83746

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 20M
    Length 200M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ONE CUT OF 30 CUBIC METERS PRODUCED ABOVE WAS BERYL.

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.