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Angico

Past Producer in Bahia, Brazil with commodity Copper
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  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. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065489
MRDS ID TC40821
Record type Site
Current site name Angico

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -39.79921, -9.50956 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 13 KM NW OF PINHOES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bahia(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Bahia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss > Migmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -39.79921, -9.50956
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, FOLDED
    Strike N-S
    Dip W
    Thickness 10M
    Length 250M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Vale Do Rio Curaca

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Small Miners , Caraiba Metais S/A
    First year 1960
    Last year 1970

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Total resources 435000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.84 wt-pct Copper Major 1988

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE (1), SULFIDE ORE; ORE (2), OXIDE ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DE LIMA E SILVA, F.J., CAVALCANTE, P.R.B., DE SA, E.P., DEL REY SILVA, L.J.H., AND MACHADO, J.C.M., 1988, DEPOSITOS DE COBRE DE CARAIBA E O DISTRICTO CUPRIFERO DO VALE DO RIO CURACA, BAHIA, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS. C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO: MINSTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BRASILIA, V. III, P. 11-32

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

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

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