Ponto Do Funil

Producer in Sergipe, Brazil with commodities Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Thorium
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061766
MRDS ID TC34723
Record type Site
Current site name Ponto Do Funil

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -36.61554, -10.58116 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sergipe(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Sergipe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary
Thorium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Monazite Ore
Zircon Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -36.61554, -10.58116

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TOTAL RESERVE, INCLUDES ILHITA DE AREMBIPE

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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