Guarapari

Occurrence in Espirito Santo, Brazil with commodity REE

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10065227
MRDS ID	TC40334
Record type	Site
Current site name	Guarapari

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-41.4439, -20.62328 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Espirito Santo(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Brazil	Espirito Santo

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
REE Critical	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Monazite	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-41.4439, -20.62328	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN DERIVED FROM BARREIRAS FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Comments on the production information

PROSPECT, UNKNOWN ACTIVITY.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC40334

Bibliographic references

Deposit

LEONARDOS, O.H., 1974, ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE OF FOSSIL AND RECENT MONOZITE: DEPOSITS IN BRAZIL: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 69., NO. 7, P. 1126-1128
Other Database

CIMRI

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-DEC-1993	Page, Norman J.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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