Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondaryBismuth
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model42: W skarn
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsBismutite, Molybdenite, Scheelite
GangueEpidote, Fluorite, Garnet, Hornblende, Quartz, Vesuvianite
Geology
Host rockMica Schist,Limestone · Serido Formation
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1943
Identification
Deposit ID10085128
MRDS IDW700665
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-6.28333, -36.53555
References
MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 46.JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., AND MOACYR DE VASCOCELLOS, F., 1945, SCHEELITEE IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 40, NO. 1, P. 34-50.JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1944, AS MINAS DE SCHEELITA DE BARRA VERDE, BARRO VERMELHO, BODO E CAFUCA, RIO GRANDE DO NORTE: MINERACAO E METALURGIA, V. 8, NO. 4, P. 95-100.