Mine detail: Serra Dos Carajas Area

Previously called 'Includes Carajas Serra LesteSerra De Sao FelixCarajas Serra SulCarajas Serra Norte N1'

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Location

Lat / long: -6.08142, -49.99912

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Goethite, Hematite, Martite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: BEDDED
Discovery year: 1967

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1978

Geology

Host type:Iron Formation
Structure:Broad Synclinorium. Iron Deposits In Serra Norte And Serra Sul, Plateaus On North And South Limbs Of Synclinorium That Trends And Plunges To The Northwest, Faults And Folds
Tectonic:Major Folding And Faulting Affected Carajas Formation

References

MRDSW026222
DEP10107342
Reference{Deposit:: RUFF, A. W., TREMAINE, J. H., BERNARDELLI, A. L., BEISIEGEL, V., AND CRUMMOND, N. F., 1973 , EXPLORATION OF ONE OF THE WORL* LARGEST IRON - ORE DISTRICTS, BRAZI* SERRA DOS CARAJAS: SOC. MINING ENGINEERS A.I.M.E. PREPRINT 73 - I - 94 , 25 P.}{Deposit:: TOLBERT, G. E., TREMAINE, J. W., MELCHER, G. C., AND GOMES, C. B., 1973 , GEOLOGY AND IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SERRA DOS CARAJAS, PARA, BRAZIL, IN GENESIS OF PRECAMBRIAN IRON AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS: SYMPOSIUM KIEV, 1970 , PROC., P. 271 - 280 . (UNESCO EARTH SCI. SER., V. 9 ).}{Deposit:: RANGEL, ORLANDO, 1973 , BRAZILIAN AND WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES -- EXPORTS AND INTERNATIONAL MARKET STEEL INDUSTR* DEMANDS: CIA. VALE DO RIO DOCE SPECIAL REPORT, 29 P.; TRANSLATION OF ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN O MINERIO, NOV. - DEC. 1972 , A CVRD PUBLICATION}{Deposit:: METALS SOURCEBOOK, 1973 A, AMAZONIA MINERACA* SERRA DOS CARAJAS IRON - ORE DEPOSIT: METALS SOURCEBOOK, NO. 21 , P. 3 .}{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:: TOLBERT, G.E., TREMAINE, J.W., MELCHER, G.C., AND GOMES, C.B., 1971, THE RECENTLY DISCOVERED SERRA DOS CARAJAS IRON DEPOSITS, NORTHERN BRAZIL: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 66, NO. 7, P. 985-994.}{Deposit:: BARROS DE ARAUJO, O.J. AND NOBRE MAIA, R.G., 1991, SERRA DOS CARAJAS; FOLHA SB 22-Z-A: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, BRASILIA, 136 P., 2 MAPS, SCALE 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: 1969 DIREXPL MERIDIONAL AND CVRD - DETERMINED EXTENT OF DEPOSITS}{Deposit:: 1972 RECON}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: RANGEL, O., 1973}
ReporterCooper, Margaret, Shaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J.