Skarn-type W deposit, hosted in Neoproterozoic marble, gneiss and pegmatite.
For decades the largest tungsten producer in Brazil.
Ref.:
- Souza Neto, J.A., Legrand, J.M., Volfinger, M., Pascal, M.-L., and Sonnet, P. (2008): W–Au skarns in the Neo-Proterozoic Seridó Mobile Belt, Borborema Province in northeastern Brazil: an overview with emphasis on the Bonfim deposit. Mineralium Deposita 43, 185-205.
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Map Reference: 6°12'S , 36°30'W
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