Rio Grande Do Norte
Producer

Barra Verde

Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil
TungstenMolybdenum
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Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
TertiaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsEpidote, Garnet, Hornblende, Scheelite, Vesuvianite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1955
Discovery year1943
Identification
Deposit ID10232553
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-6.16476, -36.49888
References
BARBOSA, F.L.M., 1973, THE ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF TUNGSTEN INBRAZIL, IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIES OF MINERALS AND FUELSSCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V.68, NO.4, PP. 115-162.EBERT, HEINZ, 1970. THE PREAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF THE "BORBOREMA(STATES OF PARAIBA AND RIO GRANDE DE NORTE, N.E. BRAZIL)THE ORIGIN OF ITS MINERAL PROVINCES: GEOL. RUNDSCH., V.5P.P 1292-1326.JOHNSTON, W.D., AND DE VASCONCELLOS, F.M., 1945, SCHEELITE IBRAZIL: ECON. GEOL., V.40:1, PP. 34-50.VASCONCELLOS, F.M. DE, 1964, INSPECCAO A MINA DE SCHEELITA BENG. MIN. MET., V. XL, NO.280, PP. 229-232.LEFOND, S.J., 1973, BRAZILIAN MINING: RELAXED GOVT ATTITUDETHE WAY FOR EXPLOITING CRITICAL RESERVES: MIN. ENG., V.2NO. 11, PP. 31-45.BARBOSA, F.L.M., 1973, PERFIL ANALITICO DO TUNGSTENIO: ONPMNO. 24, RIO DE JANEIRO, 69 P.LOBO, G., TUNGSTEN BRAZIL, A REPORT TO DAVY MCKEE, SAO PAULOBRAZIL, NOV., 1981.YIN, S.W.H., AND WANG, C.T., TUNGSTEN: SOURCES, METALLURGY,PROPERTIES, AND APPLICATIONS, PLENUM PRESS, NEW YORK.ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., THE ECONOMICS OF TUNGSTEN6'TH EDITION 1990. P 55.