Mine detail: Jacupiranga

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Location

Lat / long: -24.7374, -48.049

Resource(N)

Tertiary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Other material: Apatite, Magnetite, Mica, Olivine, Pyrochlore, Serpentine
Discovery year: 1940

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1943

Geology

References

MAS3510430004
DEP10255352
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