Mine detail: Urucum

Previously called 'Urucum/Corumba'

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Location: Mato Grosso, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -19.24758, -57.58255
dep_id: 10230841
mas_id: 3510210002
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Trace mineral: Potassium
Operation type: Surface
Development status: Producer
other_matl: Cryptomalene
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Coffman, Joe
Year first produced: 1940
disc_yr: 1870
References:
  • Deposit:: ABREU, J.F., RECURSOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, VOL. 2, BRAZIL
  • Deposit:: 1973, P.492-550
  • Deposit:: ARGALL, GEORGE, MINING AND EXPLORING FOR MANGANESE ORE IN
  • Deposit:: BRAZIL, WORLD MINING, APR. 1979, P. 48-49.
  • Deposit:: BARBOSA, OCTAVIO, MANGANESE AT URUCUM, STATE OF MATO GROSSO,
  • Deposit:: BRAZIL, SYMPOSIUM DEL MANGANESO XX CONGRESO GEOLOGICO
  • Deposit:: INTERNACIONAL, BRASIL, 1956, P. 261-277.
  • Deposit:: DORRI, J.V., IRON-FORMATION AND ASSOCIATED MANGANESE IN
  • Deposit:: BRAZIL, PROCEEDINGS OF THE KIEV SYMPOSIUM, AUG. 1970,
  • Deposit:: UNESCO, 1973, P. 105-113.
  • Deposit:: NATIONAL MINERAL ADVISORY BOARD, MANGANESE RESERVES AND
  • Deposit:: RESOURCES OF THE WORLD AND THEIR INDUSTRIAL IMPLICATIONS,
  • Deposit:: NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS, WASH. D.C., 1981, P37-38,99-112.
  • Deposit:: WEISS, STANLEY, MANGANESE, THE OTHER USES, METAL BULLETIN
  • Deposit:: BOOKS LTD., N.Y., 1977, P. 47-53.
  • Reserve-Resource:: ANUARIO MINERAL BRASILEIRO, 1977
  • Reserve-Resource:: DUKE, V., ICOMI CONTRIBUTION TO THE ROUND-TABLE ON SUPPLY
  • Reserve-Resource:: AND DEMAND OF TERRESTIAL MANGANESE ORES, EUROPEAN ECON-
  • Reserve-Resource:: OMICS COUNCIL, BRUSSELS, 1979, P. 20.
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