Mine detail: Urucum Mine

Previously called 'Morro GrandeAreas: Serra Do JacadigoMorro Tromba Dos MacacosMorro JacareMorro UrucumSerra De Santa CruzRabichoSao Domingo'

Location:	Mato Grosso Do Sul, Brazil, South America
Lat / long:	-19.13091, -57.54925
dep_id:	10024440
mrds_id:	ISM0153
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Manganese
Minor mineral:	Iron
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Braunite, Hematite, Lithiophorite, Manganite, Pyrolusite
orebody_fm:	TABULAR
model:	242: Sedimentary Mn
conc_proc:	Deposit Accumulated In Sedimentary Basin
Reporter:	Cannon, William F., Page, Norman J., Warfle, Thomas M., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit:	Corrego Das Pedras Member Of Santa Cruz Formation;Banda Alta Member Of Santa Cruz Formation
hrock_type:	Clastic Sedimentary Rock,Arkose
arock_unit:	Rio Apa Complex;Urucum Granite;Taquaral Formation;Urucum Formation
arock_type:	Sandstone,Arkose,Tuff,Plutonic Rock,Granite
tectonic:	Stable Precambrian Craton, Precambrian Shield
Year first produced:	1912
disc_yr:	1876
References:	Deposit:: DUKE, V. W. A., 1982, MANGANESE, A MINERAL COMMODITY REVIEW: INTERNAL REPORT 53, SOUTH AFRICAN MINERALS BUREAU, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, 246 P. (REP4, C18) 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. 104-105, 110. (RR25, RR32, L11, C14, PC1, RR1, RR8, RR33, RR40) Deposit:: WORLD MINING, APRIL 1979. (PA1-PA4, PA8) 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:: DORR, J., 1945, MANGANESE AND IRON DEPOSITS OF MORRO DO URUCUM, MATO GROSSO, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 946-A, 47 P. Deposit:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1982, THE ECONOMICS OF MANGANESE: LONDON, 3RD ED., P. 102. Deposit:: HARALYI, N.L.E., AND WALDE, D.H.G., 1986, OS MINERIOS DE FERRO Y MANGANSES DA REGIAO DE URUCUM, CORUMBA, MATO GROSSO DO SUL: IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS. C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO, V. II, P. 127-144. Deposit:: DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1984, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-A, 22 P. Deposit:: DORR, JOHN, 1974, RESERVES AND RESOURCES OF MANGANESE ORE IN BRAZIL.y Production:: PA1-PA3: RF3; PA4: RF6, P. 102. PC1: RF2, P. 104. Reserve-Resource:: RR1: RF2, P. 105, 110. HARALYI AND WALDE (1986)