Mine detail: Pocos De Caldas

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Location: Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -21.79745, -46.54899
dep_id: 10024823
mrds_id: ISM0575
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zirconium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Zircon
Reporter: Towner, Roy R.
Year first produced: 1935
yr_lst_prd: 1987
References:
  • Deposit:: BRASILIA, DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, 1984, ANUARIO MINERAL BRASILEIRO, 1984
  • Deposit:: TOLBERT, G.E., 1966, THE URANIFEROUS ZIRCONIUM DEPOSITS OF THE POCOS DE CALDAS PLATEAU, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN. 1185-C, 20P.
  • Production:: ZR/21
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