Bahia
Occurrence
Cercado Velho Copper Deposit
Bahia, Brazil
Copper
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Commodities
Primary
Copper
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
N
Orebody form
TABULAR
Ore control
Northeasterly Trending Complex Has Steep Easterly Dips Concordant With Enclosing Hostrock
Materials
Gangue
Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rock
Gneiss · Poco De Fora, Leucocratic Gneiss;Poco De Fora, Charnockitic Gneiss
Associated rock
Granite · Granite
Structure
West Side Contact Of Basic Complex Is A Sheared Fault Zone
Tectonic setting
Precambrian Shield
Economic & production
Development status
Occurrence
Discovery year
1925
Identification
Deposit ID
10069038
MRDS ID
W002320
Region
SA
Data score
D
Coordinates
-9.51456, -39.78226
References
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION FROM W. MARHOLZ