Mine detail: Azul Carajas Deposits

Previously called 'Serra Dos CarajasIgarape AzulCerro Azul'

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Location: Para, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -6.09809, -50.4158
dep_id: 10024439
mrds_id: ISM0152
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Prospect
Reporter: Cannon, William F., Beougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.), Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Rio Fresco Formation
hrock_type: Siltstone
Year first produced: 1985
disc_yr: 1971
References:
  • Deposit:: NATIONAL MATERIALS ADVISORY BOARD, 1981, MANGANESE RESERVES AND RESOURCES OF THE WORLD AND THEIR INDUSTRIAL IMPLICATIONS: NMAB-374, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, WASHINGTON, DC, P. 107-108. (L11,G2,C1,C3C4,C14,C18,RR1).
  • Deposit:: BERNARDELLI, A., 1982, INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ARCHAEAN AND EARLY PROTEROZOIC GEOLOGY, EVOLUTION AND METALLURGY, P. 62-66. (RR1)
  • Deposit:: DORR, J., 1970, IRON FORMATION AND ASSOCIATED MANGANESE IN BRAZIL IN GENESIS OF PRECAMBRIAN IRON AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS, PROCEEDINGS OF THE KIEV SYMPOSIUM, AUG. 1970, PARIS, UNESCO, P. 105-114.
  • Deposit:: SANTOS, DOS, B.A., 1980, GEOLOGIA E POTENCIAL MINERAL DE REGIAO DOS CARAJAS: DOCEGEO, RIO DE JANEIRO. (RR8)
  • Deposit:: CESAR, P. DE A.B., 1984, PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS, METODOLOGIA, E LISTAGEM, CAPITULO IX, IN GEOLOGIA DO BRASIL, EDS., C. SCHOBBENHAUS, D. DE A. CAMPOS, G.R. DERZE, AND H.E. ASMUS: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, PP. 359-419.
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JAN. 1989, P. 45.
  • Deposit:: BARROS DE ARAUJO, O.J., AND NOBRE MAIA, R.G., 1991, SERRA DOS CARAJAS; FOLHA SB 22-Z-A: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, BRASILIA, 136 P., 2 MAPS, SCALE 1:250,000.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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