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Sao Goncala Do Sapucai

Prospect in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodities Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, REE, Garnet, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023280
MRDS ID I000090
Record type Site
Current site name Sao Goncala Do Sapucai
Alternate or previous names Sapucai River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -45.59897, -21.89745 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Minas Gerais(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Minas Gerais

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT IS IN SOUTHERN MINAS GERAIS. LATITUDE-LONGITUDE IS FOR THE TOWN OF SAO GONCALA DO SAPUCAI.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary
REE Critical Primary
Garnet Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Ore
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Zircon Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -45.59897, -21.89745
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sa Mineracao Da Trindade (Samitri)

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES ARE SUFFICIENT FOR 20 YEARS OF OPERATIONS.

Comments on development

  • DEV$: US15 ; ECON.COM: PLAN IS TO MINE WITH A BUCKETWHEEL DREDGE AND IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 800,000 CUBIC M OF OVERBURDEN AND 1.4 MILLION CUBIC M OF ALLUVIAL MATERIAL COULD BE REMOVED EACH YEAR FROM THE RIVER CHANNEL AND ADJACENT FLATS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 1990, SAMITRI SEEKS MINERAL SANDS APPROVAL: V. 314, NO. 8062, P. 223

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING JOURNAL, 1990.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HEAVY MINERALS ARE PRESENT IN SANDS OF THE SAPUCAI RIVER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1990 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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