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Bornite from
Brejuí W-Mo skarn deposit, Currais Novos, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Bornite
Formula:Cu5FeS4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bornite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Brejuí W-Mo skarn deposit, Currais Novos, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1643889
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1643889:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Bornite
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘBrejui mine, Currais Novos, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
16.4km (10.2 miles) ⓘTimbaúba mine, Frei Martinho, Paraíba, Brazil
34.8km (21.7 miles) ⓘBodó Mine, Bodó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
68.3km (42.4 miles) ⓘQuixaba Mine, Santa Luzia, Paraíba, Brazil
References
Costa, Manoel Augusto, Carneiro Naleto, João Luís, Perrotta, Mônica Mazzini, Soares Monteiro, Lena Virgínia, Souza Filho, Carlos Roberto (2024) Visible-Near Infrared–Short-Wave Infrared Spectroscopy and Mineral Mapping of Hydrothermal Alteration Zones at the Brejuí W-Mo Skarn Deposit, Seridó Mobile Belt, Borborema Province, Brazil. Economic Geology, 119 (5) 1171-1198 doi:10.5382/econgeo.5085
 
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