Mine detail: Arara, Fazenda Sao Pedro

Location:	Pernambuco, Brazil, South America
Lat / long:	-7.71465, -38.66558
dep_id:	10078075
mrds_id:	W026230
Commodity type:	metallic
Trace mineral:	Iron
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
gangue:	Chlorite, Martite, Quartz
orebody_fm:	HORIZONTAL BANDS
Reporter:	Cooper, Margaret (Shaffer, Glenn L.), Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit:	Cachoeirinha Group
hrock_type:	Phyllite
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:: SANTOS, J. P. DOS, 1967 , GEOLOGIA DA REGIAO FERRIFERA DE SAO JOSE DO BELMONTE, PERNAMBUCO: BRAZIL, MIN. INTERIOR, SUPT. DESENVOLVIMENTO DO NORDESTE DEPT. RECURSOS NATURAIS, DIV. GEOLOGIA, RECIFE, SER. GEOLOGIA ECONOMICA, NO. 5 , 45 P. Deposit:: CESAR, P. DE A.B., 1984, PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS, METODOLOGIA, E LISTAGEM, CAPITULO IX, IN GEOLOGIA DO BRASIL, EDS., C. SCHOBBENHAUS, D. DE A. CAMPOS, G.R. DERZE, AND H.E. ASMUS: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, PP. 359-419. Other Database:: CIMRI Reserve-Resource:: ALVARADO, B., 1970 ; SANTOS, 1967; CESAR, 1984.