Mine detail: Catalao Deposit

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Location: Goias, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -8.19798, -47.89908
dep_id: 60000866
mrds_id: ISM0759
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Titanium, Niobium (Columbium)
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: LATERITE
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
Structure: EXPLOSIVE INTRUSION IN PRECAMBRIAN METASEDIMENTS.
References:
  • Deposit:: HARBEN, P., 1984, TITANIUM MINERALS IN BRAZIL - PROGRESS AND POTENTIAL: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, JAN 1984, P. 45-49.
  • Deposit:: BEURLEN, H. AND CASSEDANNE, J.P., 1981, THE BRAZILIAN MINERAL RESOURCES: EARTH SCIENCE REVIEWS, NO. 17, P. 190.
  • Deposit:: FANTEL, R.J., ET AL, 1984, AVAILABILITY PROGRAM APPRAISAL, (DRAFT COPY), P. 65-69.
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