| Location: | Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America |
| Lat / long: | -21.90578, -46.68788 |
| dep_id: | 10065531 |
| mrds_id: | TC40873 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Iron, Thorium, REE |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Allanite, Bastnaesite, Cerianite, Magnetite |
| gangue: | Gibbsite, Kaolin, Limonite |
| conc_proc: | Lateritic Weathering Up To 100 M Deep That Caused A Secondary Enrichment. |
| Reporter: | Page, Norman J. |
| hrock_unit: | Pocos De Caldas Alkaline Intrusive |
| hrock_type: | Syenite |
| References: |
- Deposit:: TOLBERT, G.E., 1966, THE URANIFEROUS ZIRCONIUM DEPOSITS OF THE POCOS DE CALDAS PLATEAU, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1185-C, 28 P.
- Deposit:: WEDOW, HELMUTH, JR., 1967, THE MORRO DO FERRO THORIUM AND RARE-EARTH ORE DEPOSIT, POCOS DE CALDAS DISTRICT, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1185- D, 34 P.
- Other Database:: CIMRI
- Reserve-Resource:: WEDOW (1967)
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