Mine detail: Carajas Serra Sul

Previously called 'Serra Dos Carajas'

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Location

Lat / long: -6.29808, -50.44914

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Goethite, Hematite, Martite
Discovery year: 1967

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host rock:Grao Para Group
Host type:Iron Formation

References

MRDSTC30357
DEP10060906
Reference{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:: TOLBERT, G.E., TREMAINE, J.W., MELCHER, G.C., AND GOMES, C.B., 1971, THE RECENTLY DISCOVERED SERRA DOS CARAJAS IRON DEPOSITS, NORTHERN BRAZIL: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 66, NO. 7, P. 985-994.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterPage, Norman J.