Mine detail: Trauira

Previously called 'Turiacu & Godofredo VianaChapada De PirocauaTrauira Island'

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Location: Maranhao, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -1.66502, -45.31574
dep_id: 60000668
mrds_id: ISM0390
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: GUANO ALTERED LATERITE ABOVE MICA SCHISTS AND ALKALIC BASITES
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
References:
  • Deposit:: BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON
  • Deposit:: SOBRINHO, M.L. AND GUIMARAES, G.,1975: FOSFATO NO BRASIL. II CONGR. IBERO- AMERICANO DE GEOL. ECON.
  • Deposit:: OLIVEIRA, DE. N.P., 1980: MINERALOGIE UND GEOCHEMIE DER PHOSPHATFUEHRENDEN LATERITE VON ITACUPIM UND TRAUIRA. THESIS, UNIV. ERLANGEN
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