Mine detail: Azul

Previously called 'Azul/Buritirama/Sereno'

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Location

Lat / long: -5.8814, -52.01587

Resource(B)

Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Aluminum, Potassium
Other material: Pyrolusite
Discovery year: 1971

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1985

Geology

References

MAS3510250010
DEP10279935
Reference{Deposit:: NATIONAL MATERIALS ADVISORY BOARD. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF}{Deposit:: SCIENCES-NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL. MANGANESE RESERVES}{Deposit:: AND RESOURCES OF THE WORLD AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS.}{Deposit:: NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS, WASHINGTON D.C. 1981, P.107-108}{Deposit:: ICOMI CONTRIBUTION TO THE ROUND TABLE ON SUPPLY AND DEMAND}{Deposit:: OF TERRESTIAL MANGANESE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COUNCIL,}{Deposit:: BRUSSELS, DEC 4-5, 1979, P. 18-19.}{Deposit:: MCMICHEAL, BRUCE. EMD-POWER IN THE MARKET. INDUSTRIAL}{Deposit:: MINERALS. NO. 260, MAY 1989, PP. 43-44.}{Deposit:: CVRD. CARAJAS MANGANESE ORE. COMPANY BROCHURE, 1986.}{Deposit:: COMILOG. MOANDA MINE. COMPANY BROCHURE. 1986.}{Deposit:: COPY ON FILE AT U.S. BUREAU OF MINES- MINERALS}{Deposit:: AVAILABILITY FIELD OFFICE, DENVER, CO 80225.}{Deposit:: COMILOG. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION. 1991}
ReporterCoffman, Joe