Dinheiro

Past Producer in Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil with commodities Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Beryllium

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
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	10105238
MRDS ID	TC35300
Record type	Site
Current site name	Dinheiro
Alternate or previous names	Pedra Do Dinheiro

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-36.45832, -6.44054 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	10000(meters)
Relative position	1 KM SOUTH OF CARNAUBAS.

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

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Beryl	Ore
Albite	Gangue
Microcline	Gangue
Muscovite	Gangue
Quartz	Gangue

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-36.45832, -6.44054	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Comments on the production information

PRODUCED MAINLY TANTALITE-COLUMBITE.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC35300

Bibliographic references

Deposit

CARNEIRO DE ALMEIDA, S., JOHNSTON, W.D., JR, LEONARDOS, O.H., AND SCORZA, E.P., 1944, THE BERYL-TANTALITE-CASSITERITE PEGMATITES OF PARAIBA AND RIO GRANDE DO NORTE, BRAZIL: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 39, NO. 3, P. 206-221
Other Database

CIMRI
Production

CARNEIRA DE ALMEIDA AND OTHERS (1944).

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	ZONED PEGMATITE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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