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Serrote Da Laje

Occurrence in Alagoas, Brazil with commodities Copper, Nickel, Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065483
MRDS ID TC40815
Record type Site
Current site name Serrote Da Laje

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -36.63526, -9.62316 (WGS84)
Relative position 14 KM N OF ARAPIRACA., Unkown, Unkown

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alagoas(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Alagoas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Palladium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Digenite Ore
Gold Ore
Lead Ore
Marcasite Ore
Millerite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Hercynite Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Analytical data

Result NI, 0.1%
Result V, 0.08%
Result CO, 0.007%
Result CR, 0.04%
Result ZN, 90 PPM
Result TE, 5PPM
Result AG, 2 PPM
Result 0.3 PPM AU ON ORES WITH MEAN CU GRADE OF 0.8% CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Anorthosite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Presidente Juscelino Complex;Presidente Juscelino Complex;Presidente Juscelino Complex;Presidente Juscelino Complex;Presidente Juscelino Complex
    Rock description Presidente Juscelino Complex;Presidente Juscelino Complex;Presidente Juscelino Complex;Presidente Juscelino Complex;Presidente Juscelino Complex
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro > Norite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite > Orthopyroxenite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -36.63526, -9.62316
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THREE PHASES OF FOLDING, AREA POORLY EXPOSED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Docegeo (1982 - )

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECT, UNKNOWN ACTIVITY.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1987
    Total resources 6000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 3e-05 g/mt Gold Minor 1987
    Copper Cu 0.8 wt-pct Copper Major 1987

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NORTH-CENTRAL PART FOR RESERVE ESTIMATE WHERE DRILLING EXISTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HORBACH AND MARIMON, M.P.C., 1988, DEPOSITO DE COBRE DO SERROTE DA LAJE, ARAPIRACA, ALAGOAS, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS., C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BRASILIA, V. III, P. 61-70

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-94 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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