Commodities
PrimarySilver, Copper
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueSpecularite
Geology
Host rockPhyllite · Pedra Member Of Mambira Formation
Associated rockSandstone · Serra Grande Formation;Ubari Formation;;San Joaquim Formation;Mambira Formation
StructureNe Trending Graben Faults.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1857
Identification
Deposit ID10060793
MRDS IDTC30229
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-3.52321, -41.13229
References
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