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Quixaba Mine

Past Producer in Paraiba, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065425
MRDS ID TC40660
Record type Site
Current site name Quixaba Mine
Alternate or previous names Mina Quixaba

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -37.01278, -6.72914 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 12 KM NW OF SANTA LUZIA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Paraiba(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Paraiba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SCHEELTE CRYSTALS 1-10 MM IN DIAMETER.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Scapolite Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Serido Formation
    Rock description Serido Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -37.01278, -6.72914
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 2000M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1942
Discoverer Raimundo Prea

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Francisco Pergentino De Araujo ).
    First year 1943

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Period 1942-1943
    Material CONC WO3
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.1-0.5% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • DEVELOPED PRODUCER, UNKNOWN ACTIVITY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., AND MOACYR DE VASCONCELLOS, E.F., 1945, SCHEELITE IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL: ECONOMIC GELOGY, V. 40, NO. 1, P. 34-50.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., AND MOACYR DE VASCONCELLOS, E.I., 1943, TUNGSTENIO NA PARAIBA E RIO GRANDE DO NORTE: MINERACAO E METALURGIA, V. 7, NO. 41, P. 246-260.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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.

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