Mine detail: Jacupiranga

Previously called 'Morro De Mina'

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Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -24.6974, -48.08233
dep_id: 10068128
mrds_id: W001055
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Limestone, General
Trace mineral: Niobium (Columbium), Iron, Zirconium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Apatite, Pyrochlore
gangue: Calcite, Dolomite, Magnetite, Olivine, Phlogopite, Pyroxene, Serpentine, Sphene
model: 24: Carbonatite
Reporter: White, Max G., Orris, Greta J., Krauss, Ulrich H.
hrock_type: Intrusive Carbonatite,Alkalic Volcanic Rock
arock_type: Diorite,Mica Schist
Year first produced: 1943
disc_yr: 1940
References:
  • Deposit:: LEONARDOS, O.H., (1956), CARBONATITES BRAZIL: DFPM AVULSO 80
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 58.
  • Deposit:: KRAUSS AND OTHERS, 1984: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-C; 41 P.
  • Deposit:: CESAR, P. DE A.B., 1984, PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS, METODOLOGIA E LISTAGEM, CAPITULO IX, IN SCHOBBENHAUS, C., CAMPOS, D. DE A., DERZE, G.R., ASMUS, H.E., EDS., GEOLOGIA DO BRASIL: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, P. 359-419.
  • Deposit:: BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON.
  • Deposit:: ALBUQUERQUE AND GIANNERINI, 1981: APERCU SUR *NDUSTRIE DU PHOSPHATE AU BRESIL. INDUSTRIE MINERALE, V. 63, NO. 10, P. 589-591.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: BRITISH SULFUR CO., 1980; E/MJ, FEB. 1982, P. 42.
  • Reserve-Resource:: KRAUSS, 1984.
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