Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondaryBismuth, Molybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model42: W skarn
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsBismutite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite
GangueCalcite, Chalcedony, Epidote, Quartz
Geology
Host rockMarble · Jucurutu Formation;Serido Formation
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10061729
MRDS IDTC34676
Alternate namesBonito Mine, Mina De Bonito
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-5.77336, -36.95
References
CESAR, P. DE A.B., 1984, PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS, METODOLOGIA, E LISTAGEM, CAPITULO IX, IN GEOLOGIA DO BRASIL, EDS., C. SCHOBBENHAUS, D. DE A. CAMPOS, G.R. DERZE, AND H.E. ASMUS: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, PP. 359-419.JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., AND MOACYE DE VASCONCELLOS, F., 1945, SCHEELITE IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 40, NO. 1, P. 34-50.JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., AND MOACYR DE VASCONCELLOS, F., 1943, TUNGSTENIO NA PARAIBA E RIO GRANDE DO NORTE: MINERACAO E METALURGIA, V. 7, NO. 4, P. 247-260.CIMRICESAR (1984).