Alagoas
Occurrence

Sitio De Chico Copper Occurrence

Alagoas, Brazil
IronChromiumTitaniumMetalNickelCopper
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Commodities
PrimaryIron, Chromium, Titanium, Metal, Nickel, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR SILL
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Chromite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Pentlandite
GanguePyrite, Pyrrhotite
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Caraiba Group, Hornblende Biotite Gneiss
StructureSitio De Chico Complex Is A Sheared-Off Part Of A Longer Intrusive Originally 15 Km Long
Tectonic settingPrecambrian Shield
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1925
Identification
Deposit ID10069036
MRDS IDW002318
RegionSA
Data scoreD
Coordinates-9.34789, -37.49889
References
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