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Cafuca

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. 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065426
MRDS ID TC40661
Record type Site
Current site name Cafuca

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -36.35416, -5.74391 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 54 KM NW OF CERRO CORA.

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • LARGEST SINGLE CRYSTAL OF SCHEELITE WEIGHED 3 KG.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Vesuvianite 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 Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Serido Formation
    Rock description Serido Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -36.35416, -5.74391
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Aristofanes Fernandes
    First year 1943

Comments on the production information

  • INCLUDES QUEIMADA AND RIACHAO. CONC. WO3 FOR CAFUCA IN FIRST NINE MONTHS OF PRODUCTION.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MEASURED RESERVE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CESAR, P. DE A.B., PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS, METODOLOGIA, E LISTAGEM, CAPITULO IX, IN GEOLOGIA DO BRASIL, EDS., C. SCHOBBENHAUS, D. DE A. CAMPOS, G.R. DERZE, AND H.E. ASMUS: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, P. 359-419.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1944, AS MINAS DE SCHEELITA DE BARRA VERDE, BARRA VERMELHO, BODO E CAFUCA, RIO GRANDE DO NORTE: MINERACAO E METALURGIA, V. 8 NO. 4, P. 95-100.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    CESAR (1984).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ELUVIAL MATERIAL MINED EARLY ON. NEAR CONTACT WITH GRANITE. LIMESTONE-TACTITE BEDS STRIKE N.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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