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Caraiba - Pilar, Jaguari, Surubim, Angicos, Vermelhos, R22W, Sucuarana
Bahia, Brazil
Main commodities: Cu




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2017.     Record last updated: 20/01/2022
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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Caraiba

    Selected References
Del-Rey Silva L J H R, Oliveira J G  1999 - Geology of the Caraiba copper mine and its surroundings in the Paleoproterozoic Curaca Belt - Curaca River valley, Bahia, Brazil: in Silva M G, Misi A (Ed.), 1999 Base Metal Deposits of Brazil CPRM, Brazil    pp 25-32
Huhn S.R.B., Silva, A.M., Ferreira, F.J.F. and Braitenberg, C.,  2020 - Mapping New IOCG Mineral Systems in Brazil: The Vale do Curaca and Riacho do Pontal Copper Districts: in    Minerals (MDPI)   v.10, 29p. doi:10.3390/min10121074.
Maier W D, Barnes S-J  1999 - The origin of Cu Sulfide deposits in the Curaca Valley, Bahia, Brazil: evidence from Cu, Ni, Se and Platinum-group element concentrations: in    Econ. Geol.   v94 pp 165-183
Oliveira, E.P. and Tarney, J.,  1995 - Genesis of the Precambrian copper-rich Caraiba hypersthenite-norite complex, Brazil: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.30, pp. 351-373
Teixeir, J.B.G., Silva, M.G., Misi, A., Cruz, S.C.P. and Sa, J.H.S.,  2010 - Geotectonic setting and metallogeny of the northern Sao Francisco craton, Bahia, Brazil: in    J. of South American Earth Sciences   v.30, pp. 71-83.


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