Mine detail: Urucum Mine

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

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Location

Lat / long: -19.13091, -57.54925

Resource(M)

Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Iron
Ore: Braunite, Hematite, Lithiophorite, Manganite, Pyrolusite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1876

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1912

Geology

Host rock:Corrego Das Pedras Member Of Santa Cruz Formation;Banda Alta Member Of Santa Cruz Formation
Host type:Clastic Sedimentary Rock,Arkose
Associated rock:Rio Apa Complex;Urucum Granite;Taquaral Formation;Urucum Formation
Associated type:Sandstone,Arkose,Tuff,Plutonic Rock,Granite
Tectonic:Stable Precambrian Craton, Precambrian Shield

References

MRDSISM0153
DEP10024440
Reference{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)}
ReporterCannon, William F., Page, Norman J., Warfle, Thomas M., Orris, Greta J.