Mine detail: Mataraca Deposit

Previously called 'CamaratubaGrajua Beach'

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Location: Paraiba, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -6.49804, -34.99885
dep_id: 60000868
mrds_id: ISM0763
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Zirconium, Kyanite, Titanium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: PLACER, MARINE
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
Structure: SHORELINE
Year first produced: 1984
disc_yr: 1970
References:
  • Deposit:: ADAMS, R., 1984, TITANIUM AND TITANIUM DIOXIDE: PUBLISHED BY FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS INFORMATION LTD, P. 26-27.
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1983, WORLD HIGHLIGHTS - BRAZILIAN ILMENITE PROSPECT: MINING MAGAZINE, APRIL 1983, P. 271.
  • Deposit:: FANTEL, R.J., BUCKINGHAM, D.A., SULLIVAN, D.E., 1984, DRAFT REPORT. AVAILABILITY OF TITANIUM MINERALS - WORLD. A MINERALS AVAILABILITY PROGRAM APPRAISAL, P. 67-66.
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1984, TABLE C - MAJOR NEW PROJECTS AND EXPANSION PROGRAMMES: MINING MAGAZINE, JAN. 1984, P. 75.
  • Deposit:: HARBEN, P., 1984, TITANIUM MINERALS IN BRAZIL - PROGRESS AND POTENTIAL: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, JAN. 1984, P. 45-49.
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