Mine detail: Carajas Serra Norte

Location:	Para, Brazil, South America
Lat / long:	-6.03142, -50.19913
dep_id:	10060907
mrds_id:	TC30358
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Iron
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Goethite, Hematite, Martite
conc_proc:	Supergene Enrichment.
Reporter:	Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit:	Grao Para Formation
hrock_type:	Iron Formation
Structure:	Doubly Folded Open Syncline Nw Axis For Corpo Sul.
disc_yr:	1967
discr:	Companhia Meridional De Mineracao.
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:: RUI. BEISSIEGEL, V. DE, 1982, DISTRICTO FERRIFERO DO SERRA DOS CARAJAS IN PROVINCIA MINERAL DE CARAJAS - PARA, ANEXO DOS ANAIS DO I SIMPOSIO DE GEOLOGIA DA AMAZONAS, BELEL, MAY 19822, PP. 25-46*{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