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Morro Da Mina Deposit

Producer in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024441
MRDS ID ISM0154
Record type Site
Current site name Morro Da Mina Deposit
Alternate or previous names Queluz, Meridional Mine, Lafaiete

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -43.83228, -20.5808 (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

  • 100 KM FROM BELO HORIZONTE, SOUTH OF CONGONHAS DO CAMPO
  • 140 KM NE OF NANNING, SOUTH OF YANGTZE RIVER IN KWANGSI-CHUANG AUTONOMOUS REGION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Lafaiete Formation
    Rock description Lafaiete Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -43.83228, -20.5808
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; RDCR + RDNT + SPSR; HSMN + MNGN + PRLS + CPML + BIRNESSITE + GROUTITE + NSUTITE + LITHIOPHORITE; SUPERGENE ENRICHMENT OF MN CARBONATE-SILICATE ROCK PRODUCED HIGH GRADE OXIDE ORE. MN-CARBONATE-SILICATE ROCK IS CURRENTLY MINED; OXIDE ORES ARE NEARLY DEPLETED.
  • ; MARINE SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS OF LATE PERMIAN AGE. DEPOSITS CONTAIN FERROMANGANESE ORES OFTEN WITH COBALT AND NICKEL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1894
Year of first production 1901
Year of last production 1982

Mining district

District name Conselheiro Lafaiete

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Companhia Meridional De Mineracao, S.A.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Companhia Paulista De Ferroligas (Cpfl-
    Last year 1978

Comments on the production information

  • CPFL PRODUCES 0.25 MIL TONS OF ORE, GRADING 35% MN YEARLY TO SUPPLY THEIR FERROALLOY OPERATIONS IN MINAS GERAIS. PRODUCED FROM OPEN-PIT OPERATIONS.
  • UNKNOWN UNKNOWNTOTAL PRODUCTION FOR CHINA = 1.1 MIL TONS AT GT 30% MN, 1973.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Total resources 15000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 43 wt-pct Manganese Major 1981

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFERRED RESERVES.
  • DEPOSITS CONTAIN FERROMANGANESE ORES OFTEN WITH COBALT AND NICKEL.

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ( TRANSPORT/ACCESS; PROCESSING;). DEVELOPMENT(YES); ASSESSMENT(SUPERGENE OXIDE ORES ARE NEARLY EXHAUSTED, PRODUCTION COMES FROM CALCINATION OF CARBONATE PROTORE (PRODUCT IS 38-40% MN)); 37-38% MN; MOST OF PRODUCT IS USED LOCALLY TO MAKE FERRO-AND SILICOMANGANESE; CALCINED PRODUCT OF CARBONATE ORE.
  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). METALLURGICAL ORE; THIS IS ONE OF CHINA'S MAJOR PRODUCERS OF MANGANESE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NATIONAL MATERIALS ADVISORY BOARD, 1981, MANGANESE RESERVES AND RESOURCES OF THE WORLD AND THEIR INDUSTRIAL IMPLICATIONS: NMAB-374, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, WASHINGTON, DC, P. 109. (L11, L1, C17-C18, PC1, PC8, RR1, RR25, RR32)

  • Deposit

    DORR, J., 1970, IRON FORMATION AND ASSOCIATED MANGANESE IN BRAZIL IN GENESIS OF PRECAMBRIAN IRON AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS, PROCEEDINGS OF THE KIEV SYMPOSIUM, AUGUST 1970, P. 105-114.

  • Deposit

    ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1982, THE ECONOMICS OF MANGANESE: LONDON, 3RD ED., P. 103-108. (PA1)

  • Deposit

    ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1978, THE ECONOMICS OF MANGANESE: LONDON, 2ND ED., P. 38. (PA2, PA3)

  • Production

    PA1: RF3, P. 108; PA2-PA3: RF4, P. 38. PC1: RF1, P. 109

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). SURFACE
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Cannon, William F. U.S. Geological Survey

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