Commodities
PrimaryNiobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Beryllium
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsBeryl
GangueAlbite, Microcline, Muscovite, Quartz, Spessartite
Geology
Host rockPegmatite
Associated rockSchist
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1937
Identification
Deposit ID10062092
MRDS IDTC35299
Alternate namesMorro Do Urubu
RegionSA
Data scoreD
Coordinates-6.35444, -36.31277
References
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. 206-221CIMRI