Municipio De Itambe Ta-Nb

Producer in Bahia, Brazil with commodities Beryllium, Mica, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium)
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068864
MRDS ID W002133
Record type Site
Current site name Municipio De Itambe Ta-Nb

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -40.61559, -15.24764 (WGS84)

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
Beryllium Critical Primary
Mica Primary
Tantalum Critical Secondary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Columbite Ore
Tantalite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -40.61559, -15.24764

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WRITTEN COMMUNICATION FROM M.G. WHITE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TANTALITE ORE PRODUCED AS BYPRODUCT OF EXTRACTING BERYL AND MICA FROM PEGMATITES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Warfle, Thomas M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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