Mine detail: Trombetas -Saraca

Previously called 'IiiIncludes: Saraca IvVAnd Sadepa Listed E. To W.Saramenha Trench'

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Location

Lat / long:

-1.67082, -56.44983

Resource(M)

Primary:	Aluminum
Ore:	Bauxite, Boehmite, Gibbsite
Gangue:	Anatase, Hematite, Ilmenite, Kaolinite, Monazite, Quartz, Rutile, Tourmaline, Zircon
Discovery year:	1966

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1979

Geology

Host rock:	Barreiras Group
Host type:	Shale

References

MRDS	W700643
DEP	10085112
Reference	{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 45.}{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.}{Deposit:: GRUBB, P.L.C., 1979, GENESIS OF BAUXITE DEPOSITS IN THE LOWER AMAZON BASIN AND GUIANAS COASTAL PLAIN: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 74, NO. 4, P. 735-750.}{Deposit:: ALEVA, G.J.J., 1981, ESSENTIAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE BAUXITE DEPOSITS ALONG THE SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN EDGES OF THE GUIANA SHIELD, SOUTH AMERICA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 76, P. 1142-1152.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Beougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.), Page, Norman J.