Commodities
PrimaryLead
SecondaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formBEDS, TABULAR
Ore controlFault Surfaces Border Mineralized Veins.
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Bornite, Gahnite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Hydrozincite, Malachite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
GangueLimonite, Pyromorphite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockMarble,Schist,Amphibolite,Dolomite,Iron Formation · Boquira Formation, Paramirim Complex
Associated rockSyenite,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Granite · Espinhaco Supergrouip
StructureTight Folds.
Tectonic settingPrecambrian Shield
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1957
Discovery year1952
Identification
Deposit ID10069034
MRDS IDW002316
Alternate namesOre Bodies Or Zones: Sobrado, Pelado, Cruzeiro, Maranhao, Morro Pelado, Paredao, S.E. of Peladinho.
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-12.81442, -42.7323
References
JOHNSON (1963).R.H. NAGELL AND M.G. WHITE, 1974, LEAD-ZINC RESOURCES IN BRAZILESPOURTEILLE, F., AND FLEISCHER, R., 1988, MINA DE CHUMBO DE BOQUIRA, BAHIA, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS. C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BRASILIA, V. III, P. 91-99.JOHNSON, R.F., 1962, LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE BOQUIRA DISTRICT, STATE OF BAHIA, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1110-A, 33 P.ESPOURTEILLE AND FLEISCHER (1988).