Mina Barnabe

Producer in Bahia, Brazil with commodity Manganese
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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065481
MRDS ID TC40813
Record type Site
Current site name Mina Barnabe
Alternate or previous names Barnabe

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -42.48229, -14.49768 (WGS84)
Elevation 850
Relative position 14 KM NE OF LICINIO DE ALMEIDA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bahia(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Bahia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bixbyite Ore
Hausmanite Ore
Jacobsite Ore
Manganite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Analytical data

Result 39-45% MN, 10.6-16.0% FE, 0.4-13% SIO2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -42.48229, -14.49768

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35-55W
    Dip 25-75SE
    Length 4440M
    Width 300M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Licinio De Almeida District

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE (1) TOTAL RESERVES COMPOSED OF ORE (2), MASSIVE AND COMPACT LENSES AND ORE (3), ELUVIAL AND COLLUVIAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BASILIO, J.A.F., AND BRONDI, M.A., 1986, DISTRITO MANGANESIFERO DA REGIAO DE LICINIO DE ALMEIDA, BAHIA, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS. C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BRASILIA, V. 11, P. 176-186

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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