Mine detail: Patos De Minas Mine

Previously called 'RocinhaPirubinhas'

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Location

Lat / long: -18.33089, -46.91569

Resource(N)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Ore: Apatite
Discovery year: 1974

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer

Geology

References

MRDSW700052
DEP10111557
Reference{Deposit:: KRAUSS AND OTHERS, 1984: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULARR 930-C, 41 P.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 46.}{Deposit:: DE AZEVEDO BRANCO, P.C., 1984, CAPITULO IX--PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS, METODOLOGIA E LISTAGEM, IN SCHOBBERHAUS, CARLOS, DE ALMEIDA CAMPOS, DIOGENES, RUY DERZE, GILBERT, AND ERWIN ASMUS, HAROLDO, EDS., GEOLOGIA DO BRASIL: BRASILIA, BRAZIL DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, P. 359-419.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: 1979 ESTIMATES ARE FROM KRAUSS AND OTHERS (1984); THIRD ESTIMATE IS FROM DE AZEVEDO BRANCO (1984).}
ReporterOrris, Greta J., Beougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.)