Mamoes

Name: Mamoes
Address: Rio Grande do Norte, BR

BR / Rio Grande do Norte

•-6.83746, -36.61610View on Map Open in Google Maps

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About this location

Mamoes is a historic mining site in Rio Grande Do Norte, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Pegmatite. Reported specimens include Albite, Beryl, Bismuth, Bismutite, Microcline, Muscovite; logged ore minerals are Beryl, Bismutite; gangue is recorded as Albite, Microcline, Muscovite, Quartz.

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Found Here

AlbiteBerylBismuthBismutiteMicroclineMuscoviteQuartz

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Pegmatite

Ore minerals

BerylBismutite

Gangue minerals

AlbiteMicroclineMuscoviteQuartz

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Production size: Small

Records and references

Cited references

CARNEIRO DE ALMEIDA, S., JOHNSTON, W.D., JR, LEONARDOS, O.H., AND SCORZA, E.P., 1944, THE BERYL-TANTALITE-CASSITERITE PEGMATITES OF PARAIBA AND RIO GRANDE DO NORTE, BRAZIL: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 39, NO. 3, P. 206-221CIMRICARNEIRO DE ALMEIDA AND OTHERS (1944).

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10065422 — view the source record

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Coordinates: -6.83746, -36.61610

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