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Brejo Santa Teresa Sn Deposit

Producer in Bahia, Brazil with commodity Tin
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068131
MRDS ID W001061
Record type Site
Current site name Brejo Santa Teresa Sn Deposit
Alternate or previous names Paramirim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -42.09895, -13.43105 (WGS84)
Elevation 700
Relative position 11 KM WEST OF AGUA QUENTE

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
Tin Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CASSITERITE OCCURRENCES VARIOUS LOCALITIES MUNICIPIOS JEQUIE, RIO DE CONTAS, BRUMADO, PARAMIRIM

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tourmaline Gangue

Analytical data

Result NONE GIVEN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -42.09895, -13.43105
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Reg.Trends: N-S Belt Acid Volcanics-100 Km
Type of structure Local
Structure description Rhyolite Porphyry Dikes

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Rhyolite-Porphyry Dikes

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: MINAS GROUP METASEDIMENTS ; GEOL.DESC: VOLCANIC ROCKS OF REGION UNDERLIE METASEDIMENTS OF MINAS GROUP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years TO 1971

Mining district

District name Agua Quente

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Prospectors

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED THAT SMALL PRODUCTION TIN IN DISTRICT BY PROSPECTORS

Comments on development

  • TIN-BEARING REGION WITH UNDETERMINED POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCTION ; ECON.COM: INDIVIDUAL PROSPECTORS IN REMOTE AREA, SMALL PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MARHOLZ, W.W., 1966, DATA COLLECTION BAHIA FUND. C.P.E. BAHIA(PORT.)

  • Deposit

    SCHOBBENHAUS, C. 1967, CASSITERITE BAHIA, SUDENE BOL. EST. NO. 3(PORT.)

  • Deposit

    SCHOBBENHAUS, C. 1969, MAP OF ESPINHACO, ANNALS 23 CONG. BRAS. GEOL.(PORT.)

  • Deposit

    MISI, A. AND SOUTO, P., 1972, CASSITERITA EM ROCHAS VULCANICAS NA REGIAO CENTRAL BAHIA=MIN E MET V. 36 P. 44-47

  • Deposit

    1966 COMPILE FUNDACAO CPE BAHIA, MAPS

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOLMAP SUDENE, EVALUATION

  • Deposit

    1971 RECON INST. GEOCIEN. UNIV. BAHIA

  • Production

    MISI, A AND SOUTO, P. MIN MET. 1972 VOL. 36, P. 44-47

  • Reserve-Resource

    MISI, A. AND SOUTO, P., 1972, MIN. AND MET., VOL. 36, P.44-47

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS BELT VOLCANIC ROCKS CONTAINS NUMEROUS LOCALITIES OCCURRENCES CASSITERITE NOT YET EVALUATED AS POTENTIAL TIN DISTRICT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1972 White, Max G. U.S. Geological Survey

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