Cercado Velho Copper Deposit

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Host rock

Poco De Fora, Leucocratic Gneiss — Gneiss

Associated rock

Granite — Granite

Orebody form

TABULAR

Tectonic setting

Precambrian Shield

Status

Occurrence

Discovered

1925

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10069038 — view the source record

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