Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model42: W skarn
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsMolybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite
GangueEpidote, Garnet, Graphite, Quartz, Scapolite, Wollastonite
Geology
Host rockMarble · Serido Formation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1942
Identification
Deposit ID10065425
MRDS IDTC40660
Alternate namesMina Quixaba
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-6.72914, -37.01278
References
JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., AND MOACYR DE VASCONCELLOS, E.F., 1945, SCHEELITE IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL: ECONOMIC GELOGY, V. 40, NO. 1, P. 34-50.JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., AND MOACYR DE VASCONCELLOS, E.I., 1943, TUNGSTENIO NA PARAIBA E RIO GRANDE DO NORTE: MINERACAO E METALURGIA, V. 7, NO. 41, P. 246-260.CIMRI