Bahia
Producer

Limoeiro Mining Area

Bahia, Brazil
Chromium
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Description

M.M. Monte Flores

Commodities
PrimaryChromium
Deposit
Deposit typeMAGMATIC, STRATIFORM, DISRUPTED, MASSIVE, DISSEMINATED
Deposit sizeY
Geology
StructureDISRUPTED, LAYERED IGNEOUS INTRUSION
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1975
Discovery year1907
Identification
Deposit ID60000521
MRDS IDISM0033
Alternate namesLimoeiro Mine, Campo Formoso
RegionSA
Data scoreD
Coordinates-10.51255, -40.35503
References
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 1976, BRAZIL, IN INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK REPORT: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNCLASSIFIED AIRGRAM A-128. (L2-L5)HEDLUND, D. C., DE COUTO M., J. F., FERRAZ P., A. C., DA SILVA, J, C. G., AND SOUZA, G. V., 1971, THE GEOLOGY OF STRATIFORM CHROMITE AT CAMPO FORMOSO, BAHIA AND GEOLOGIC SETTING OF THE ENCLOSING METAMORPOSED ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BAHIA BRAZIL PROJECT REPORT, 100 P. (PC1, PC2, PC8)DUKE, V. W. A., 1982, CHROMIUM--A MINERAL COMMODITY REVIEW: SOUTH AFRICA MINERALS BUREAU INTERNAL REPORT 86, 317 P. (PA1, PA8, C18)TEX REPORT, 1978, CHROME, IN 1978 FERRO ALLOY MANUAL: JAPAN, TEX REPORT, P. 87-89.DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1984: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-B, 41P.MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 58.DUARTE, P.M., AND FONTES, C.F., 1986, MINAS DE CROMITA DAS FAZENDAS LIMOEIRO E PEDRINHAS, MUNICIPIO DE CAMPO FORMOSO, BAHIA, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS. SCHOBBENHAUS, C., AND COELHO, C.E.S., V. II, P. 207-214.JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., AND DE SOUZA, H.C.A., 1943, LAYERED OR BANDED CHROMITE AT CAMPO FORMOSO, BAHIA, BRAZIL: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 38, NO. 1, P. 287-297.DeYoung, J.H., Jr., Lee, M.P., and Lipin, B.R., 1984, International Strategic Minerals Inventory summary report - chromium: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 930-B, 41 p.