Rio Grande Do Norte
Producer

Cafuca

Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil
Tungsten
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Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model42: W skarn
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsScheelite
GangueEpidote, Quartz, Vesuvianite, Wollastonite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Serido Formation
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10065426
MRDS IDTC40661
RegionSA
Data scoreD
Coordinates-5.74391, -36.35416
References
CESAR, P. DE A.B., 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, P. 359-419.JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., AND MOACYR DE VASCONCELLOS, F., 1945, SCHEELITE IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 40, NO. 1, P. 34-50.JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1944, AS MINAS DE SCHEELITA DE BARRA VERDE, BARRA VERMELHO, BODO E CAFUCA, RIO GRANDE DO NORTE: MINERACAO E METALURGIA, V. 8 NO. 4, P. 95-100.CIMRICESAR (1984).