Commodities
PrimaryTantalum, Lithium, Tin
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsCassiterite, Spodumene, Tantalite
GangueAlbite, Gahnite, Ilmenite, Kaolinite, Lepidolite, Magnetite, Microcline, Microlite, Muscovite, Quartz, Spessartite, Tourmaline, Xenotime, Zircon
Geology
Host rockPegmatite
Associated rockGneiss
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1943
Identification
Deposit ID10085127
MRDS IDW700664
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-21.10329, -44.54813
References
MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 46.HEINRICH, E.W., 1964, TIN-TANTALUM-LITHIUM PEGMATITES OF THE SAO JOAO DEL REI DISTRICT, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 59, NO. 6, P. 982-1002.