Paraiba
Past Producer

Pedras Pretas Mine

Paraiba, Brazil
Tin
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Commodities
PrimaryTin
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsCassiterite
GangueAlbite, Microcline, Muscovite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockPegmatite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10065423
MRDS IDTC40657
RegionSA
Data scoreD
Coordinates-6.94163, -36.52305
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. 206-221CIMRICARNEIRO DE ALMEIDA AND OTHERS (1944).