Carajas Serra Norte

Producer in Para, Brazil with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060907
MRDS ID TC30358
Record type Site
Current site name Carajas Serra Norte
Alternate or previous names Serra Dos Carajas, N4-E Ore Deposit, Corposul, Corpo Norte

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -50.19913, -6.03142 (WGS84)
Relative position 130 KM SW OF MARABA, 550 KM W OF BELEM. 30 KM NE OF SAO FELIX DO XINGU.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Para(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Para

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore
Martite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation
    Rock unit name Grao Para Formation
    Rock description Grao Para Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -50.19913, -6.03142

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Doubly Folded Open Syncline Nw Axis For Corpo Sul.

Comments on the geologic information

  • TWO BODIES CORPO SUL AND CORPO NORTE RELATED AND SEPERATED BY FAULTING; UNDERLAIN AND OVERLAIN BY META- VOLCANIC ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1967
Discoverer Companhia Meridional De Mineracao.

Mining district

District name Carajas District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Amazonia Mineracao S. A.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE (1) IS INFERRED PLUS INDICATED RESERVES; ORE (2) MINEABLE ORE WITH 97% MEASURED RESERVE (RUI BESEIGEL) FOR N4-E.

Comments on development

  • 123 DRILL HOLES TOTALING 10176 M (1972-79); 4 ADITS OF 602 M, (1972-1979; 1 RAISE OF 108 M (1972-79), BY DOCEGEO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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