Mine detail: Catalao

Previously called 'Catalao IOuvidorFosfago'

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Location

Lat / long: -18.13087, -47.79904

Resource(B)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Niobium (Columbium)
Tertiary: Vermiculite, REE, Iron, Titanium, Barium-Barite
Discovery year: 1968

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: ALKALINE PIPE, CARBONATITE, MAGMATIC, RESIDUAL ENRICHMENT
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1976

Geology

Structure:INTRUSIVE MAGMATIC PLUG

References

MRDSW001415
DEP60001575
Reference{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.}
ReporterPAGE, NORMAN J., ORRIS, GRETA J., WHITE, MAX G., AND WARFLE, THOMAS M.