Mine detail: Barro Alto

Previously called 'Barro Alto MineBarro Alto Deposit'

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Location: Goias, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -15.04768, -48.79908
dep_id: 10079620
mrds_id: W029663
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel, Iron
Minor mineral: Cobalt, Copper, PGE
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Garnierite, Limonite
orebody_fm: WEDGE
work_type: Surface
model: 110: Lateritic Ni
alteration: Serpentinization
conc_proc: Tropical Weathering
ore_ctrl: Serpentine Peridotite And Dunite (In A Valley Between Anorthosite In The West And Gabbros In The East)
Reporter: Saam, Henning G. (Shaffer, Glenn L.), Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Araxa Group;Araxa Group;Araxa Group
hrock_type: Dunite
Structure: Central Goias Complex, Faults
tectonic: Ultramafic Belt In Prec Shield
disc_yr: 1934
discr: Helmuth Brockes
References:
  • Deposit:: STACHE, G.A. 1976: UNTERSUCHUNG ZUR GEOLOGIE, PETROGRAPHIE, METAMORPHOSE UND GENESE DES BASISCH-ULTRABASISCHEN MASSIVS VON BARRO ALTO/GOIAS, CLAUSTHALER GEOL. ABHANDLUNGEN NO.24, FEBR.1976;
  • Deposit:: ANUARIO MINERAL BRASILEIRO, 1976
  • Deposit:: JUNIOR, J.D.A.B., 1986, AS JAZIDAS DE NIQUEL LATERITICO DE BARRO ALTO, GOIAS, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS. C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BRASILIA, V. 11, P. 315-334.
  • Deposit:: [BRAZIL] DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, [1978-84], ANUARIO MINERAL BRASILEIRO: RIO DE JANEIRO, DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, 6 V. (RR1, RR2, RR25)
  • Deposit:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES, 1981, THE ECONOMICS OF NICKEL, 3RD ED.: LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES [498] P. (PA8).
  • Deposit:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES, 1977, THE ECONOMICS OF NICKEL, 2ND ED.: LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES [587] P. (RR3).
  • Deposit:: MINING MAG., 1977, NICKEL (BRAZIL) V. 137, NO. 3.
  • Reserve-Resource:: E1 + E2) ANUARIO MINERAL BRASILEIRO 1976
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