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Souza Neto, João Adauto, Legrand, Jean Michel, Volfinger, Marcel, Pascal, Marie-Lola, Sonnet, Philippe (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 (2) 185-205 doi:10.1007/s00126-007-0155-1

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Reference Type	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Title	W–Au skarns in the Neo-Proterozoic Seridó Mobile Belt, Borborema Province in northeastern Brazil: an overview with emphasis on the Bonfim deposit
Journal	Mineralium Deposita
Authors	Souza Neto, João Adauto		Author
	Legrand, Jean Michel		Author
	Volfinger, Marcel		Author
	Pascal, Marie-Lola		Author
	Sonnet, Philippe		Author
Year	2008 (February)	Volume	43
Issue	2
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI	doi:10.1007/s00126-007-0155-1Search in ResearchGate
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Mindat Ref. ID	156969	Long-form Identifier	mindat:1:5:156969:2
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Full Reference	Souza Neto, João Adauto, Legrand, Jean Michel, Volfinger, Marcel, Pascal, Marie-Lola, Sonnet, Philippe (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 (2) 185-205 doi:10.1007/s00126-007-0155-1
Plain Text	Souza Neto, João Adauto, Legrand, Jean Michel, Volfinger, Marcel, Pascal, Marie-Lola, Sonnet, Philippe (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 (2) 185-205 doi:10.1007/s00126-007-0155-1
In	(2008, February) Mineralium Deposita Vol. 43 (2) Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Locality Pages

Locality	Citation Details
Borborema mineral province, Brazil
Itajubatiba skarn deposit, Itajubatiba, Catingueira, Paraíba, Brazil
Timbaúba mine, Frei Martinho, Paraíba, Brazil
Quixaba Mine, Santa Luzia, Paraíba, Brazil
Bodó Mine, Bodó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Cafuca Mine, Bodó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Isidoro-Riachão Mine, Bodó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Brejui mine, Currais Novos, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Bonfim Mine, Lajes, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Carnaúbinha pegmatite, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Malhada Vermelha pegmatite, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Mineral Occurrences

Locality	Mineral(s)
Itajubatiba skarn deposit, Itajubatiba, Catingueira, Paraíba, Brazil	ⓘ Actinolite, ⓘ Allanite Group, ⓘ Almandine, ⓘ Apatite, ⓘ Arsenopyrite, ⓘ Biotite, ⓘ Chalcopyrite, ⓘ Clinochlore, ⓘ Clinohumite, ⓘ Diopside, ⓘ Edenite, ⓘ Epidote, ⓘ Ferro-actinolite, ⓘ Ferro-hornblende, ⓘ Ferro-pargasite, ⓘ Ferro-tschermakite, ⓘ Grossular, ⓘ Grunerite, ⓘ Hastingsite, ⓘ Hedenbergite, ⓘ Humite, ⓘ Magnesio-hornblende, ⓘ Magnetite, ⓘ Muscovite, ⓘ Native Gold, ⓘ Pargasite, ⓘ Plagioclase, ⓘ Pyrite, ⓘ Pyrrhotite, ⓘ Sericite, ⓘ Spessartine, ⓘ Titanite, ⓘ Tremolite, ⓘ Tschermakite
Quixaba Mine, Santa Luzia, Paraíba, Brazil	ⓘ Actinolite, ⓘ Albite, ⓘ Allanite Group, ⓘ Apatite, ⓘ Bornite, ⓘ Chalcopyrite, ⓘ Chlorite Group, ⓘ Clinozoisite, ⓘ Epidote, ⓘ Fluorite, ⓘ Galena, ⓘ Garnet Group, Hornblende, ⓘ Magnetite, ⓘ Molybdenite, ⓘ Plagioclase, ⓘ Prehnite, ⓘ Pyrite, ⓘ Pyroxene Group, ⓘ Rhodonite, ⓘ Scapolite, ⓘ Scheelite, ⓘ Sphalerite, ⓘ Titanite, ⓘ Tremolite, ⓘ Vesuvianite, ⓘ Zeolite Group
Bodó Mine, Bodó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	ⓘ Amphibole Supergroup, ⓘ Bornite, ⓘ Chalcopyrite, ⓘ Epidote, ⓘ Garnet Group, ⓘ Molybdenite, ⓘ Pyrite, ⓘ Pyroxene Group, ⓘ Scheelite, ⓘ Titanite, ⓘ Vesuvianite, ⓘ Wollastonite
Isidoro-Riachão Mine, Bodó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	ⓘ Molybdenite, ⓘ Pyrite, ⓘ Scheelite
São Francisco Mine, Campo Redondo, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	ⓘ Andalusite, ⓘ Biotite, ⓘ Cordierite, ⓘ Garnet Group, ⓘ Muscovite, ⓘ Native Gold, ⓘ Quartz, ⓘ Sillimanite, ⓘ Staurolite, ⓘ Tourmaline
Brejui mine, Currais Novos, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	ⓘ Actinolite, ⓘ Andradite, ⓘ Baryte, ⓘ Bismuthinite, ⓘ Bornite, ⓘ Chabazite, ⓘ Chalcopyrite, ⓘ Chlorite Group, ⓘ Clinozoisite, ⓘ Epidote, ⓘ Ferberite, ⓘ Fluorite, ⓘ Grossular, ⓘ Hedenbergite, Hornblende, ⓘ Magnetite, ⓘ Meionite, ⓘ Microcline, ⓘ Molybdenite, ⓘ Muscovite, ⓘ Native Bismuth, ⓘ Phlogopite, ⓘ Plagioclase, ⓘ Powellite, ⓘ Prehnite, ⓘ Pyrite, ⓘ Pyrrhotite, ⓘ Quartz, ⓘ Rhodochrosite, ⓘ Scheelite, ⓘ Sericite, ⓘ Stilbite Subgroup, ⓘ Titanite, ⓘ Vesuvianite
Malhada Limpa Mine, Currais Novos, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	ⓘ Amphibole Supergroup, ⓘ Apatite, ⓘ Bornite, ⓘ Chalcopyrite, ⓘ Chlorite Group, ⓘ Epidote, ⓘ Garnet Group, ⓘ Molybdenite, ⓘ Muscovite, ⓘ Plagioclase, ⓘ Powellite, ⓘ Pyrite, ⓘ Pyroxene Group, ⓘ Quartz, ⓘ Scapolite, ⓘ Scheelite, ⓘ Sericite, ⓘ Titanite, ⓘ Topaz, ⓘ Vesuvianite
Bonito Mine, Jurucutu, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	ⓘ Amphibole Supergroup, ⓘ Biotite, ⓘ Bismuthinite, ⓘ Bornite, ⓘ Chalcopyrite, ⓘ Chlorite Group, ⓘ Epidote, ⓘ Fluorite, ⓘ Galena, ⓘ Garnet Group, ⓘ Molybdenite, ⓘ Pyrite, ⓘ Pyroxene Group, ⓘ Scheelite, ⓘ Stibnite
Bonfim Mine, Lajes, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	ⓘ Actinolite, ⓘ Allanite Group, ⓘ Almandine, ⓘ Andalusite, ⓘ Ankerite, ⓘ Anorthite, ⓘ Anthophyllite, ⓘ Apatite, ⓘ Arsenopyrite, ⓘ Biotite, ⓘ Bismite, ⓘ Bismuthinite, ⓘ Calcite, ⓘ Chalcopyrite, ⓘ Chlorite Group, ⓘ Clinozoisite, ⓘ Cordierite, ⓘ Cummingtonite, ⓘ Diopside, ⓘ Epidote, ⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series, ⓘ Fuchsite, ⓘ Goethite, ⓘ Grossular, ⓘ Hedenbergite, ⓘ Hematite, ⓘ Ilmenite, ⓘ Joséite, ⓘ Magnesio-hornblende, ⓘ Magnetite, ⓘ Molybdenite, ⓘ Monazite Group, ⓘ Muscovite, ⓘ Native Bismuth, ⓘ Phlogopite, ⓘ Prehnite, ⓘ Pyrite, ⓘ Pyrrhotite, ⓘ Quartz, ⓘ Rutile, ⓘ Scheelite, ⓘ Sericite, ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup, ⓘ Sphalerite, ⓘ Staurolite, ⓘ Talc, ⓘ Titanite, ⓘ Tremolite, ⓘ Wollastonite, ⓘ Zircon, ⓘ Zoisite

👁 Image	João Adauto Souza Netoi, Marcel Volfinger, Marie-Lola Pascal, Jean Michel Legrand; Philippe Sonnet (2012) The occurrence of gold-rich pyrite in the Itajubatiba skarn deposit, Borborema Province, Northeastern Brazil: a discovery by PIXE analyses, Geociênc. (São Paulo), 31(4).
👁 Image	João Adauto Souza Neto, Jean Michel Legrand, and Philippe Sonnet (2009) Calcite-graphite isotope geothermometer applied to estimate metamorphic peak conditions in marbles from the Borborema Province, Northeastern Brazil. São Paulo, UNESP, Geociências, 28(3), 287-293.
👁 Image	João Adauto Souza Neto (2001). Geoavailability of Environmental Elements in the Bonfim W-au (Bi-te) Deposit, Northeastern Brazil João Adauto DE Souza Neto. Estudos Geológicos, 11(1), 139-154. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275153373_Geoavailability_of_Environmental_Elements_in_the_Bonfim_W-Au_Bi-Te_Deposit_Northeastern_Brazil
👁 Image	de Mesquita, Nayara Moreira; Carrino, Thais Andressa; de Souza Neto, João Adauto (2019) The use of reflectance spectroscopy and the prehnite spectral index to target gold mineralization at the Bonfim polymetallic skarn deposit, Seridó Mobile Belt, Borborema Province, Brazil. Ore Geology Reviews, 115. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.103192
👁 Image	Lucas, Dinarte, Hollanda, Maria Helena B. M., de Souza Neto, João Adauto, Moraes, Renato, de Souza, Laécio Cunha (2025) Unraveling the evolution of the Bodó W-skarn district in the Seridó Mineral Province (NE-Brazil): constraints from C-O stable isotopes, thermodynamic modeling, and geochronology. Mineralium Deposita, 60 (1). doi:10.1007/s00126-024-01300-4
👁 Image	Souza Neto, João Adauto, Sallet, Ricardo, Moritz, Robert, Sonnet, Philippe (2023) The occurrence of anthophyllite–phlogopite-bearing schist in the Seridó belt, northeastern Brazil: Geological significance and potential guide of prospecting for gold and emerald deposits. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 126. 104334 doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2023.104334
👁 Image	Beurlen, Hartman, Da Silva, Marcelo R.R., Thomas, Rainer, Soares, Dwight R., Olivier, Patrick (2008) Nb–Ta–(Ti–Sn) oxide mineral chemistry as tracer of rare-element granitic pegmatite fractionation in the Borborema Province, Northeastern Brazil. Mineralium Deposita, 43 (2) 207-228 doi:10.1007/s00126-007-0152-4
👁 Image	Beurlen, Hartmut, Da Silva, Marcelo R. R., Thomas, Rainer, Soares, Dwight R., Olivier, Patrick (2008) Nb–Ta–(Ti–Sn) oxide mineral chemistry as tracer of rare-element granitic pegmatite fractionation in the Borborema Province, Northeastern Brazil. Mineralium Deposita, 43 (2) 207-228 doi:10.1007/s00126-007-0152-4
👁 Image	Dreher, Ana M., Xavier, Roberto P., Taylor, Bruce E., Martini, Sérgio L. (2008) New geologic, fluid inclusion and stable isotope studies on the controversial Igarapé Bahia Cu–Au deposit, Carajás Province, Brazil. Mineralium Deposita, 43 (2) 161-184 doi:10.1007/s00126-007-0150-6
👁 Image	Guimarães Filho, Hugo Marcelo Cordeiro, Souza Neto, João Adauto, Ribeiro, Vanessa Biondo (2024) Uso de lógica fuzzy para criação de mapa prospectivo de favorabilidade de skarns mineralizados: aplicação à região da mina Bonfim (W-Mo e Au-Bi-Te), Faixa Seridó, NE Brasil. Estudos Geológicos, 33 (1) 70-88 doi:10.51359/1980-8208.2023.260418
👁 Image	da Costa Silva, Antonia Railine, Villas, Raimundo Netuno Nobre, Lafon, Jean-Michel, Craveiro, Gustavo Souza, Ferreira, Valderez Pinto (2015) Stable isotope systematics and fluid inclusion studies in the Cu–Au Visconde deposit, Carajás Mineral Province, Brazil: implications for fluid source generation. Mineralium Deposita, 50 (5) 547-569 doi:10.1007/s00126-014-0558-8

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