Mina Bonfim

BR / Rio Grande do Norte

•-5.69808, -36.24888View on Map Open in Google Maps

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Mina Bonfim is a documented mineral site in Rio Grande Do Norte, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Calcite, Epidote, Molybdenite, Quartz, Scheelite, Wolframite. The site was discovered in 1943; production began in 1943; workings are underground.

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Found Here

CalciteEpidoteMolybdeniteQuartzScheeliteWolframite

Mining history

Workings: Underground
Discovered: 1943
First production: 1943

Records and references

Cited references

BARBOSA,FLM,1973,PERFIL ANALITICODO TUNGSTENIO,MME,BOL.24,DNONC-M-28,1972,DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY, AEROSPACE CENTER, ILL. BARBOSA,FLM,1973A,THE ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF TUNGSTEN IN NE BINT. ECON. OF MINERALS & FUELS,CO. SCHOOL MINES. QUART,V.68,NO4

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10303834 — view the source record

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Coordinates: -5.69808, -36.24888

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