Mine detail: Catalao Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -18.13087, -47.79904

Resource(M)

Primary: Niobium (Columbium)
Other material: Columbite
Discovery year: 1894

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Plant
First production started: 1976

Geology

References

MAS3510170016
DEP10279865
Reference{Deposit:: LOBO DE ARAUJO, PAULO. PROJETO CATALAO. METALS DE GOILAS}{Deposit:: METAGO.}{Deposit:: PAANDH DEPOSIT REPORT CATALAO:}{Deposit:: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW: 1985, P. 97.}{Reserve-Resource:: UPDATE OF 1983 ETD RESOURCES; SUBTRACTED OUT FROM 1982-1988.}{Reserve-Resource:: PRODUCTION FROM 1982- RECOVERABLE RESOURCES.}
ReporterBuckingham, David A.