Mine detail: Catalao

Previously called 'Catalao IOuvidorFosfago'

Location:	Goias, Brazil, South America
Lat / long:	-18.13087, -47.79904
dep_id:	60001575
mrds_id:	W001415
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Niobium (Columbium)
Trace mineral:	Vermiculite, REE, Iron, Titanium, Barium-Barite
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	ALKALINE PIPE, CARBONATITE, MAGMATIC, RESIDUAL ENRICHMENT
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
model:	24: Carbonatite
Reporter:	PAGE, NORMAN J., ORRIS, GRETA J., WHITE, MAX G., AND WARFLE, THOMAS M.
Structure:	INTRUSIVE MAGMATIC PLUG
Year first produced:	1976
disc_yr:	1968
References:	Deposit:: LETTER TO MAX WHITE ON JAN 30, 1973 FROM JOHN COLE, SENIOR GEOLOGIST OF THE COMPANHIA BRASILEIRA DE METALURGIA E MINERACAO. Deposit:: LETTER OF 1-3-73 FROM GERALDO MELCHER TO MAX WHITE. Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 58. Deposit:: KRAUSS AND OTHERS, 1984: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-C, 41 P. Deposit:: BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON. Deposit:: CARVALHO, W.T. DE, 1974: RECURSOS MINERAIS DO COMPLEXO ULTRAMAFICO- ALCALINO DE CATALAO I: GOIAS SOC. BRAS. GEOL., ANAIS DO XXVIII, CONGR. ALEGRE, V. 6, P. 165-123. Deposit:: BARBOSA, O. ET AL., 1970, GEOLOGIA DA REGIAO DO TRIANGULO MINEIRO. MINISTERIO MINAS ENERGIA: DNPM BOLETIN NO. 136, RIO DE JANEIRO. Deposit:: CAVALCANTI DE ALBUQUERQUE, G.S.C., AND GIANNERINI, J.F., 1981, APERCU SUR *NDUSTRIE DU PHOSPHATE AU BRESIL: INDUSTRIE MINERALE, V. 63, NO. 19, P. 589-591. Deposit:: GIERTH, E., AND BAECKER, M.L., 1986, A MINERALIZACAO DE NIOBIO E AS ROCHAS ALCALINAS ASSOCIADAS NO COMPLEXO CATALAO I, GOIAS, IN SCHOBBENHAUS, C., AND COELHO, C.E.S., EDS., PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINRAIS DO BRASIL: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BRASILIA, V. 11, P. 455-462.