Mine detail: Jacupiranga

Previously called 'Morro De Mina'

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Location

Lat / long: -24.6974, -48.08233

Resource(B)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Limestone, General
Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium), Iron, Zirconium
Ore: Apatite, Pyrochlore
Gangue: Calcite, Dolomite, Magnetite, Olivine, Phlogopite, Pyroxene, Serpentine, Sphene
Discovery year: 1940

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1943

Geology

Host type:Intrusive Carbonatite,Alkalic Volcanic Rock
Associated type:Diorite,Mica Schist

References

MRDSW001055
DEP10068128
Reference{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.}
ReporterWhite, Max G., Orris, Greta J., Krauss, Ulrich H.