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Harzburgite from
Limoeiro mine, Campo Formoso, Bahia, Brazil


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Type:Harzburgite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Harzburgite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Limoeiro mine, Campo Formoso, Bahia, Brazil
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1283799
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1283799:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fractionation in the Campo Formoso Complex and Ipueira-Medrado Sill, Bahia State, Brazil R. A. LORD,† Clean...de Geociências, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil AND C. R. NEARY Formerly at Natural Environment...retrograde alteration and serpentinization. In Campo Formoso a deeply eroded stratiform complex contains...orthopyroxene relicts in an upper unit at the Cascabulhos mine. Microprobe studies of chromite-rich specimens from...for mineralization elsewhere in the sill. At Campo Formoso the alternation of PGE-enriched chromitite and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ipueira-Medrado Sill, São Francisco Craton, Bahia State, Brazil JULIANA CHARÃO MARQUES† Instituto de Geociências...Caixa Postal 15001, CEP 91501-970, Porto Alegre-RS, Brazil AND CESAR FONSECA FERREIRA FILHO Instituto de...Universitário, Asa Norte, Brasília-DF, CEP 70910-900, Brazil Abstract The Ipueira-Medrado mafic-ultramafic...mafic-ultramafic sill hosts the largest chromite deposit in Brazil. The sill is a 7-kmlong and 300-m-thick elongated...consisting mainly of interlayered dunite and harzburgite but also containing minor mafic rocks. The most
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Economic Geology, v. 108, pp. 1753–1771 The Limoeiro Deposit: Ni-Cu-PGE Sulfide Mineralization Hosted...Conduit in the Borborema Province, Northeastern Brazil Jonas Mota-e-Silva,1,2,† Cesar Fonseca Ferreira...01037-912, Brazil 2 Instituto de Geociências, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF. 70910-900, Brazil Abstract...Abstract The Limoeiro deposit, located in a high-grade mobile belt of the Brasiliano orogenic cycle (650–500...age of the ultramafic intrusion that hosts the Limoeiro deposit is not yet known, but regional geologic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chromite Deposit of the Ipueira±Medrado Sill, Bahia, Brazil J. C. MARQUES1 *, C. F. FERREIRA FILHO2 , R...BENTO GONCËALVES 9500, PORTO ALEGRE-RS, 91509-900, BRAZIL 2 INSTITUTO DE GEOCIEÃNCIAS, UNIVERSIDADE DE BRASIÂLIA-UNB...UNIVERSITAÂRIO, ASA NORTE, BRASIÂLIA-DF, 70910-900, BRAZIL 3 DEPARTMENT OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM, CARNEGIE...Ultramafic Zone (5250 m) consisting of dunite and harzburgite that host the chromitite layer, in which intercumulus...Marcelo Gama 1038/ 404, Porto Alegre-RS, 90540-041, Brazil. Telephone: ‡55-51-30295030. Fax: ‡55-51-3221-3298
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pd-Cu-O AND Pd-I-O COMPOUNDS IN THE LIMOEIRO Ni-Cu-(PGE) DEPOSIT, BRAZIL JONAS MOTA-E-SILVA Votorantim Metais...05423-180, Brazil University of Brasilia, Geosciences Institute, Brası́lia/DF, 70900-970, Brazil HAZEL M...Geosciences Institute, Brası́lia/DF, 70900-970, Brazil PETER C. FISHER School of Earth and Ocean Science...weathering of platinum-group minerals (PGM) in the Limoeiro nickel-copper and platinum-group element [Ni-Cu-(PGE)]...over the base metal sulfide-rich parts of the Limoeiro primary ore. The mobility of Pt is very dependent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Platinum-group minerals in the Limoeiro Ni–Cu–(PGE) sulfide deposit, Brazil: the effect of magmatic and...Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015 Abstract The Limoeiro Ni–Cu–(platinum-group elements (PGE)) deposit...igneous tubular conduit system in northeastern Brazil. Representative ores from the deposit have been...13212-161, Brazil 2 Instituto de Geociências, Universidade de Brasilia, Brasília, DF 70900-970, Brazil 3 ...blebs that formed and were transported within the Limoeiro magma conduit. Keywords Platinum-group-minerals
Book
born hills appear parallel to Mahagiri range due to mine-waste dumping. Unpaved roads serve the movement...The sky is gloomy throughout the day due to the mine and road dust. Social evils, crime, alcoholism,...education, counseling, and training. Making stringent mine-safety rules is not the solution—it has to be implemented...Ore Group Orissa Mining Corporation Limited Run of Mine Reconnaissance Permit tonnes tonnes per annum/day...significant in Canada, United States, Australia, Africa, Brazil, New Caledonia, Philippines, Indonesia, and the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
for the PGE-mineralized magmatism in Carajás, Brazil Eduardo Teixeira Mansur, Cesar Fonseca Ferreira...for the PGE-mineralized magmatism in Carajás, Brazil, LITHOS (2016), doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2016.09.036...constraints for the PGE-mineralized magmatism in Carajás, Brazil SC R IP Authors: Eduardo Teixeira Mansur¹ and...Universidade de Brasília, Brasília-DF, 70910-900, Brazil. email: etmansur@gmail.com 2 Instituto de Geociências...Universidade de Brasília, Brasília-DF, 70910-900, Brazil. email: cesarf@unb.br AC CE P TE D Corresponding
Report (issue)
Zimbabwe. • Eight industrialized countries4 that mine little or no chromite have a significant (an estimated...chromium (in the form of ores, 3 A captive mine is a mine that produces solely for the parent company...profit-motive criteria would normally result in mine closure. • Chromite supplies have been disrupted...mined-the platinum-mineral operation (Western Platinum mine) in the UG2 chromitite layer of the western Bushveld...Reef ores were extracted from the Western Platinum mine, yielding 6,656 kg of platinum-group elements, 1
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pre-proofs The Luanga deposit, Carajás Mineral Province, Brazil: different styles of PGE mineralization hosted... The Luanga deposit, Carajás Mineral Province, Brazil: different styles of PGE mineralization hosted... The Luanga deposit, Carajás Mineral Province, Brazil: different styles of PGE mineralization hosted...70910-900, Brazil. ² VALE S/A, Av. Getulio Vargas, 671/13º, 30112-020, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil ³ Present...consist mainly of sulfide- and chromite-free harzburgite and orthopyroxenite. These mineralized rocks
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Finland) as an intermediate stage and Mirabela (Brazil) as the layered intrusion end member. Introduction...Maier et al., 2011), Mirabela, Brazil (Barnes et al., 2011c), Limoeiro, Brazil (Mota-e-Silva et al., 2011)...pyroxorthopyroxenite, peridotite (dominantly harzburgite), minor enites where orthopyroxene grains show...the predominantly nondeformed pyroxenite or harzburgite. The olivine-rich parts of the complex is the...metamorphic minerrock types comprise dunite, harzburgite (poikilitic and granu- als and the development
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Shetland ophiolite consists of mantle harzburgite overlain by crustal dunite, wehrlite, pyroxenite...surrounded by an envelope of dunite enclosed in harzburgite. Not all of these pods are enriched in PGE with...50-90%) enclosed by a dunite envelope in mantle harzburgite. Cliff is near the basal thrust (Fig. 2) and...PGE-alloys from the Bom Succeso stream in Minas Gerais, Brazil (Cabral et al., 2007, 2009). There are many other...and the Pd-Cu rosettes coating goethite in the Limoeiro Ni-Cu-(PGE) deposit (Mota-e-Silva et al., 2016)
Book
11. 12 Upper Critical Zone Chromitite Layers Mine Western Bushveld Complex H. V. Eales at R.P.M....position of leading world producer. Albania and Brazil have recently emerged as important suppliers (Table...~ 11 256 Iran = - - - - DF, 105 177 Brazil - D 1 1 3 4 15 159 Malagasy - - ~ ...missing parts, as for example in the Campo Formoso region of Brazil. This is now possibly the largest chromite...high-Al podiform deposits deep in the mantle harzburgite to Cr-rich spinels in the lower part of the ophiolite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ni-Cu-PGE deposit is the only past-producing nickel mine (1958–1974) in the Canadian Cordillera of British...remains British Columbia’s only past-producing nickel mine (1958–1974), having produced ~4.2 Mt of ore with... Chinaman Pride of Emory Upper 4600 1900 ad mine ro 5481000 mN 5481000 mN R id ge 606500 mE...the Giant Mascot ultramafic suite along the upper mine road (Fig. 2). Deformation features of the Spuzzum...Settler schist Orebodies (projected to surface) Mine tunnels Map symbols road (dirt) stream or river
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Australia (Maier et al., 2016), Mirabela and Limoeiro in Brazil (Barnes et al., 52 2011; Mota-e-Silva et...Intrusion until 2008 when the 122 Sally Malay Ni-Cu-Co mine was re-named Savannah. Here, we refer to the current...km long by 0.35 km wide. It is dominated by harzburgite- 148 peridotite at the base (south), transitioning...176 to the north and north-west of the Savannah mine as a 1.25 km2 body of interlayered norite, 177...40-50 degree dip toward the NW. Within the Savannah mine area (Figure 273 2B,C,D), the TCG mostly passes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the evaluation of a deposit and planning of a mine or quarry, completely separate from the exploration...The area is the site of Greenland’s only producing mine, due to close end 2013 (http://angelmining.com/)...characteristics of Au mineralisation in the Pb–Zn–Ag Balya mine, NW Turkey: a separate mineralisation system? M...deposit research using legacy collections and historic mine sites: a case study of tungsten (-bismuth) mineralisation...1950s. The last tungsten mine, Castle-an-Dinas, closed in 1957. The Hemerdon mine in south Devon operated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Platreef is mined in the Mogalakwena open pit mine which comprises the Sandsloot and Overysel farms...upper T1 Zone, which is hosted in layers of harzburgite, pyroxenite, troctolite and olivine norite, and...mineral assemblages in the Platreef at the Sandsloot Mine, northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Mineral...sulphides from the Platreef, Mogalakwena Platinum Mine, Bushveld Complex, South Africa. South African J...Platinum-group minerals in the Limoeiro Ni–Cu–(PGE) sulfide deposit, Brazil: the effect of magmatic and
Book (edition)
Salinas, Peru, H Variscite, xx 5 mm, Iturnbiara, Brazil, H Rhodocbrosite, polished, 50 mm, Capillitas,... China, H Page 1: MuscO\ite. 45 mm, Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 2: Vivianite, I 00 mm, Huanzala, Bolivia...Brazilianite, 35 mm, Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed...Rice, Dolores co., both Colorado, at the Questa mine, Taos co., New 1994. Abernathyite K2[(UOJ 2l(AsO_J2]•6HzO...Harding Co .. South Dakota. and at the Fuemrole No2 mine, Emery co .. Utah. Also at Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald
Book
x 3.5 cm. crystal - 2.0 cm x 2.0 cm. Sweet Home mine, near Alma, Park Counr:: Colondo. L:S.-\.The Collector'...Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Australia, Brazil, Colombia and numerous other countries. The appearance...including an extensive large emerald deposits in Brazil (Santa Terezinha, Itabira, Nm·a Era and others)...greenish,bluish,light pink, light lilac Pegmatitic Brazil(MinasGerais);UnitedStates (Dunton,Maine);Namibia(Karibib);...(crystallineschist).Mainly Brazil(MinasGerais- ltinga,Maricota, l..:Jjivela; Bahia-Paramirimdas Criolas,
 
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