Latitude: 6°12'S
Longitude: 36°30'W
Skarn-type W deposit, hosted in Neoproterozoic marble, gneiss and pegmatite.
For decades the largest tungsten producer in Brazil.
References
- 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.
- Falster, Alexander U.; da Silav Nen, Luizhelio Barreto; Simmons, Wm. B.; and Webber, Karen L. (1997): Tungstenite and Associated Minerals from the Skarn of Mina Brejui, Rio Grande de Norte, Brazil. Mineral News 13 (12), 1, 7-8.
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