Mine detail: Pocos De Caldas-Alcominas

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Location

Lat / long: -21.83055, -46.49899

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Aluminum
Other material: Gibbsite, Hematite, Kaolinite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1968

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1970

Geology

References

MAS3510230014
DEP10280826
Reference{Deposit:: LEFOND, S.J., 1973, BRAZILIAN MINING: RELAXED GOVT. ATTITUDE}{Deposit:: THE WAY FOR EXPLOITING CRITICAL RESERVES: MIN. ENG., V.2}{Deposit:: PG.31-45.}{Deposit:: WEBBER, B.N., 1959, BAUXITIZATION IN THE POCOS DE CALDAS DIS}{Deposit:: BRAZIL: MIN. ENG., V.11:8, P.804-809.}{Deposit:: PATTERSON, S.H., 1967, BAUXITE RESERVES AND POTENTIAL ALUMIN}{Deposit:: SOURCES OF THE WORLD: USGS BULL 1228.}
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