Mine detail: Trombetas -Saraca

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

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Location: Para, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -1.67082, -56.44983
dep_id: 10085112
mrds_id: W700643
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Aluminum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Bauxite, Boehmite, Gibbsite
gangue: Anatase, Hematite, Ilmenite, Kaolinite, Monazite, Quartz, Rutile, Tourmaline, Zircon
model: 111: Bauxite, laterite type
Reporter: Beougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.), Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Barreiras Group
hrock_type: Shale
Year first produced: 1979
disc_yr: 1966
discr: Alcan
References:
  • 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
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