Mine detail: Serro Do Novio

Previously called 'Amapa'

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Location: Amapa*, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: 0.98487, -52.04917
dep_id: 10084840
mrds_id: W700054
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Hausmannite, Manganite, Pyrolusite, Rhodochrosite
gangue: Boehmite, Groutite, Limonite, Lithiophorite, Mica
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Groupo Serro Do Novio
hrock_type: Schist
tectonic: Stable Craton
Year first produced: 1957
disc_yr: 1949
References:
  • DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1984: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-A, 22 P
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