Piaui
Occurrence

Sao Joao Do Piaui

Piaui, Brazil
Nickel
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Description

Jose De Luz Coelho.

Commodities
PrimaryNickel
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsGarnierite
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite · Brejo Seco Mafic-Ultramafic Complex
Associated rockDiorite,Gabbro,Norite,Quartzite,Phyllite,Gneiss · Salgueiro Group;Brejo Seco Mafic-Ultramafic Complex
AlterationSerpentinization
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1977
Identification
Deposit ID10079625
MRDS IDW029670
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-8.46462, -41.94897
References
SANTOS, J.F. DOS, 1974: FATORES DE CONTROLE HA CONCENTRACAO DE NIQUEL LATERITICO CONDICIONADAS PELA EVOLUCAO GEOLOGIA E GEOMORFOLOGIA DA COMPLEXO BASICO-ULTRABASICO DE SOA JOAO DO PIAUI- PI.BERICHT DER D.G.G.M. IN BELO HORIZONTE, 1977: MINERALISCHE ROHSTOFFE IN BRASILIENDOS SANTOS, J.F., 1986, DEPOSITO DE NIQUEL DE SAO JOAO DO PIAUI, PIAUI, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS. C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BRASILIA, V. 11, P. 341-345.