Mine detail: Tapira Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -19.86421, -46.83231

Resource(B)

Primary: Titanium, REE, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Discovery year: 1955

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: LATERITE
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect
First production started: 1983

Geology

Structure:EXPLOSIVE INTRUSION IN PROTEROZOIC SUCCESSION

References

MRDSISM0770
DEP60000873
Reference{Deposit:: HARBEN, P., 1984, TITANIUM MINERALS IN BRAZIL - PROGRESS AND POTENTIAL: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, JAN. 1984.}{Deposit:: HERZ, N., 1976, TITANIUM DEPOSITS IN ALKALIC IGNEOUS ROCKS: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 959-E, 6 P.}{Deposit:: ADAMS, R., 1984, TITANIUM AND TITANIUM DIOXIDE, PUBLISHED BY FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS INFORMATION LTD, P. 26-27.}{Deposit:: GAZETA MERCANTIL, 1983, CVRD TO PRODUCE CONCENTRATES: PRESS CLIPPING FROM NEWSPAPER - GAZETA MERCANTIL 7.3.83.}{Deposit:: CRUZ, F.F., CHABAN, N., MACHADO, P.T. AND J.E., TOWNEND, R., 1976, ASPECTS OF THE SUPERFICIAL PHOSPHORUS AND TITANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE TAPIRA CARBONATITE COMPLEX, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL, IN 25TH INT. GEOL. CONGRESS ABSTR. VOL. 1, SECTION 4B, SURICIAL MINERAL DEPOSITS, P. 209-210.}{Deposit:: TURNER, R., 1986, BRAZILIAN TITANIUM, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, JAN 1986, P. 40-42.}{Deposit:: UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA, 1981, PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATION OF MINERAL RESOURCES IN AFRICAARUSHA TANZANIA, FEB. 1981, P. 264-270.}{Deposit:: FANTEL, R.J. ET AL, 1984, AVAILABILITY OF TITANIUM MINERALS - WORLD, A MINERALS AVAILABILITY PROGRAM APPRAISAL (DRAFT COPY) P. 65-69.}