Mine detail: Carajas Serra Sul

Previously called 'Serra Dos Carajas'

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Location: Para, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -6.29808, -50.44914
dep_id: 10060906
mrds_id: TC30357
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Goethite, Hematite, Martite
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Grao Para Group
hrock_type: Iron Formation
disc_yr: 1967
discr: Companhia Meridional De Mineracao (Subsidary Of U.S. Steel).
References:
  • 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
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