Mine detail: Urucum Deposits

Previously called 'Morro UrucumAreas Are Serra Do JacadigoMorro Trombados MacacosMorro GrandeRabichoSao DomingoMutunSerra De Santa Cruz'

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Location

Lat / long:

-19.16425, -57.59925

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Hematite
Orebody form:	HORIZONTAL BEDS
Discovery year:	1876

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Band Alta Formation;Santa Cruz Formation;Banda Alta Member Of Santa Cruz Formation;
Host type:	Arkose
Associated rock:	Rio Apa Complex;Urucum Granite;Taquaral Formation;Urucum Formation
Associated type:	Sandstone,Arkose,Tuff,Plutonic Rock,Granite

References

MRDS	W026224
DEP	10078069
Reference	{Deposit:: ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES -- OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 302 - 380 . 433 QUN22S}{Deposit:: DORR, J. V. N., II, 1945 , MANGANESE AND IRON DEPOSITS OF MORRO DO URUCUM, MATO GROSSO, BRAZIL: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 946 - A, P. 1 - 47 .}{Deposit:: HARALYI, N.L.E., AND WALDE, D.H.G., 1986, OS MINERIOS DE FERRO E MANGANSES DA REGIAS DE URUCUM, CORUMBA, MATO GROSSO DO SUL IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS. C SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COULHO, V. II, P. 127-144.}{Reserve-Resource:: ALVARADO, B.,(1970); HARALYI AND WALDE (1986).}
Reporter	Cooper, Margaret (Shaffer, Glenn L.), Page, Norman J.