Mine detail: Urucum Deposits

Location:	Mato Grosso Do Sul, Brazil, South America
Lat / long:	-19.16425, -57.59925
dep_id:	10078069
mrds_id:	W026224
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Iron
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Prospect
ore:	Hematite
orebody_fm:	HORIZONTAL BEDS
model:	241: Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)
Reporter:	Cooper, Margaret (Shaffer, Glenn L.), Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit:	Band Alta Formation;Santa Cruz Formation;Banda Alta Member Of Santa Cruz Formation;
hrock_type:	Arkose
arock_unit:	Rio Apa Complex;Urucum Granite;Taquaral Formation;Urucum Formation
arock_type:	Sandstone,Arkose,Tuff,Plutonic Rock,Granite
disc_yr:	1876
References:	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).