Anitapolis

Prospect in Santa Catarina, Brazil with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Niobium (Columbium), Iron, Fluorine-Fluorite, Titanium, Metal
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068126
MRDS ID W001053
Record type Site
Current site name Anitapolis

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -49.08761, -27.80486 (WGS84)
Elevation 900

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Catarina(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Santa Catarina

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Ore
Perovskite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrochlore Ore
Calcite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Mica Gangue
Nepheline Gangue
Pyroxene Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 24
USGS model code 10
Deposit model name Carbonatite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Carbonatite, Intrusive

Nearby scientific data

(1) -49.08761, -27.80486

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1927

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Industria Luchsinger Madorin, S. A. (Ilm)

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1984
    Total resources 50000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 35 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1984
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Total resources 2437000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 6.57 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1979
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Total resources 26000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 6 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1980

Comments on development

  • PLANS TO COME ON LINE BY 1983 AND PRODUCE 600,000 MT/YR OF A 36% P2O5 CONCENTRATE. ; ECON.COM: BRAZIL PHOSPHATE PRODUCTION IS FOR DOMESTIC USE ONLY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEONARDOS, O.H., 1956, CARBONATITES BRAZIL; DFPM AVULSO 80.

  • Deposit

    LETTER DATED 1-3-73 GERALDO MELCHER TO MAX WHITE.

  • Deposit

    CESAR, P. DE A.B., 1984, PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS, METODOLOGIA E LISTAGEM, CAPITULO IX, IN SCHOBBENHAUS, C., CAMPOS, D. DE A., DERZE, G.R., ASMUS, H.E., EDS., GEOLOGIA DO BRASIL: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, P. 359-419.

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORP., 1980, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON.

  • Deposit

    VALENTE, J., 1980, AVALIACAO GEOESTATISTICA COM PARAMETRIZACAO DA JAZIDA FOSFATICA DE ANITAPOLIS: XXXI CONGR. BRAS. GEOL. CAMBORIU.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    CESAR, 1984.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REFERENCE(1) PYROCHLORE NOT CONFIRMED; INTRUSIVE DIMENTARY ROCKS OF ITARARE GROUP, UPPER CARBONIFEROUS. REFERENCE (2) SMALL EXPOSURE CARBONATITE CONFIRMED WITH RARE PYROCHLORE IDENTIFIED. THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD ISM0385 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD ISM0385 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 White, Max G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1990 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1982 Krauss, Ulrich H. Bundesanstalt Fuer Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffee (Germany)

Beyond USGS

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