Mine detail: Mina De Medrado

Previously called 'Medrado'

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Location: Bahia, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -10.32063, -39.74725
dep_id: 10061764
mrds_id: TC34720
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Chromium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chromite
gangue: Magnetite, Olivine, Pyroxene, Serpentine
orebody_fm: LENS, LAYERS
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Harzburgite,Serpentinite
arock_type: Serpentinite
Structure: Synform
Year first produced: 1973
disc_yr: 1971
discr: Torquato Ribeiro Dos Santos
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:: DE M.P. MELLO, C.H., DURAO, G., VIANA, J.D.S., AND CARVALHO, C.J.C., 1986, DEPOSITOS DE CROMITA DAS FAZENDA MEDRADO E IPUEIRA, MUNICIPIO DE SENHOR DO BONFIM, BAHIA IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS. SCHOBBENHAUS, C., AND COELHO, C.E.S., V. II, P. 213-234.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: CE M.P. MELLO AND OTHERS (1986).
  • Reserve-Resource:: DE M.P. MELLO AND OTHERS (1986).
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