Mine detail: Rio Jari

Location:	Amapa*, Brazil, South America
Lat / long:	-0.49838, -52.36585
dep_id:	10023522
mrds_id:	I000603
Commodity type:	nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Kaolin
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Sedimentary
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Kaolin
orebody_fm:	STRATIFORM, BEDDED
Reporter:	Orris, Greta J., Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit:	Barreiras Group
hrock_type:	Clay, Mud,Sand and Gravel
References:	Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 1990, INDUSTRY IN ACTION: V. 315, NO. 8095, P. 340-341. Deposit:: INDUSTRIAL MIENRALS, 1990, WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 275, P. 11. Deposit:: HARBEN, PETER W. AND BATES, R.L., 1990, CLAYS, IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS GEOLOGY AND WORLD DEPOSITS: LONDON, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIVISION METAL BULLETIN PLC, P. 62-90. Other Database:: CIMRI Production:: MINING JOURNAL, 1990; CUMULATIVE RESERVES ARE FROM INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1990. Reserve-Resource:: ESTIMATE 1 IS FROM MINING JOURNAL, 1990; ESTIMATE 2 IS ESTIMATED TOTAL DISTRICT RESERVES FOR CADAM IN 1990 AS PER INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1990; ESTIMATE 3 IS THE TOTAL RESERVES FOR THE OPERATING MINE (OF WHICH 3 MILLION TONNES HAVE ALREADY BEEN MINED) AS PER INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1990.