Bambui and Caboclo Shales

Occurrence in Bahia, Brazil with commodity Gold

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10068872
MRDS ID	W002143
Record type	Site
Current site name	Bambui and Caboclo Shales

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-41.49895, -11.4978 (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
Gold	Primary

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-41.49895, -11.4978	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W002143

Bibliographic references

Deposit

WRITTEN COMMUNICATION FROM M.G. WHITE

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	SPECIFIC LOCATION UNKNOWN. INFORMATION PROVIDED BY OTAVIO BARBOSA AT XXVII BRAZILIAN GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS. PARTICULATE GOLD FOUND IN BLACK SHALES

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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