Mine detail: Tapira

Previously called 'Valep'

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Location

Lat / long: -19.89751, -46.86568

Resource(B)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Niobium (Columbium)
Secondary: Titanium, Metal, REE
Tertiary: Manganese, Barium-Barite, Vermiculite, Iron
Ore: Anatase, Apatite, Pyrochlore, Wavellite
Gangue: Barite, Biotite, Limonite, Magnetite, Phlogopite, Quartz, Vermiculite
Orebody form: PIPE
Discovery year: 1956

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1979
Last production ended: 1974

Geology

Host rock:Araxa Group (Minas), Metasediments
Host type:Intrusive Carbonatite
Associated rock:Alkaline Rocks, Carbonatite
Associated type:Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Trachyte
Structure:Ring Complex, Domed Alkaline Pipe Intrusive
Tectonic:Shield Metamorphics, Sao Francisco Craton

References

MRDSW001064
DEP10107260
Reference{Deposit:: WRITTEN COMMUNICATION FROM M.G. WHITE.}{Deposit:: LETTER OF 1-3-72 FROM GERALDO MELCHER TO MAX WHITE.}{Deposit:: KRAUSS AND OTHERS, 1984: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-C, 41 P.}{Deposit:: CESAR, P. DE A.B., 1984, PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS, METODOLOGIA E LISTAGEM, CAPITULO IX, IN SCHOBBENHAUS, C., CAMPOS, D. DE A., DERZE, G.R., ASMUS, H.E., EDS., GEOLOGIA DO BRASIL: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, P. 359-419.}{Deposit:: BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON}{Deposit:: CAVALCANTI DE ALBUQUERQUE, G.S.C., AND GIANNERINI, J.F., 1981, APERCU SUR *NDUSTRIE DU PHOSPHATE AU BRESIL: INDUSTRIE MINERALE, V. 63, NO. 10, P. 589-591.}{Deposit:: MINERACAO METALURGIA, 1978, VALEP COMECA COM 900 MIL TON/ANO DE CONCENTRADO FOSFATICO: ANO XLII, NO. 45, DECEMBRO, P. 6-18.}{Deposit:: 1956 DIREXPL DNPM-BOL. 10}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: BOL. 108 OF DNPM}
ReporterWarfle, Thomas M., Orris, Greta J., Krauss, Ulrich H.