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Serra De Buritirama

Occurrence in Para, Brazil with commodity Manganese
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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. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060664
MRDS ID TC30081
Record type Site
Current site name Serra De Buritirama

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -50.2158, -5.49812 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 125 KM WEST OF MARABA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Para(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Para

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH OF RIO ITACAIUNA BETWEEN RIO PRETO AND RIO ITAPIGPE IN AN AREA BETWEEN 50-03 AND 50-18W AND 5-28 AND 5-39S.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alabandite Ore
Braunite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Sao Salabo Formation;Grao Para Group;Grao Para Group
    Rock description Sao Salabo Formation;Grao Para Group;Grao Para Group
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Sao Salobo Formation;Sao Salabo Formation;Sao Salabo Formation;Sao Salado Formation;Sao Salado Formation;
    Rock description Sao Salobo Formation;Sao Salabo Formation;Sao Salabo Formation;Sao Salado Formation;Sao Salado Formation;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -50.2158, -5.49812
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROT-ORE HOST ROCKS ARE INTERBEDDED IN MICA SCHISTS WHICH OVERLIE MUSCOVITE QUARTZITE AND UNDERLIE BANDED QUARTZITES. SCHISTS OCCUR IN AN AREA 1200 M BY 1500 M AND VARY IN THICKNESS FROM 1-35 M. BEDS STRIKE N45W AND DIP 35NE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1967
Discoverer Erasto Boretti De Almeida

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mineracao Buritirama Ltda. And Mineracao Colorado Ltda.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1986
    Total resources 12000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 47 wt-pct Manganese Major 1986

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TOTAL RESERVE. ORE (1) AND ORE (2) WET RESERVES IN AREA 2 IN THE SUBSURFACE. ORE (3) WET RESERVES IN AREA 3 AND 4, ON THE SURFACE.

Comments on development

  • ORE DISCOVERED IN OUTCROP. 2670 M OF DRILLING PUT IN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CESAR, P. DE A.B., 1984, PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS, METODOLOGIA, E LISTAGEM, CAPITULO IX, IN GEOLOGIA DO BRASIL, EDS., C. SCHOBBENHAUS, D. DE A. CAMPOS, G.R. DERZE, AND H.E. ASMUS: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, PP. 359-419.

  • Deposit

    DE ANDRADE, F.G., NAKASHIMA, J., PODESTA, P.R., 1986, DEPOSITO DE MANGANES DA SERRA DE BURITIRAMA, PARA, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS. C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BRAILIA, V. 11, P. 151-166.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    CESAR (1984). DE ANDRADE AND OTHERS (1986).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BLOCKS, PISOLITES, LATERITE, SOILS UP 6-11 M THICK AND VARY BETWEEN 40.61-54.28% MN DEVELOPED ON PROTO-ORE OF MANGANIFEROUS SEDIMENTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1992 Norman J Page U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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