Salitre Bebedouro Nb Occurrence

Occurrence in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodities Titanium, Metal, Iron, Niobium (Columbium)
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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068129
MRDS ID W001058
Record type Site
Current site name Salitre Bebedouro Nb Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -46.66568, -19.13086 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Minas Gerais(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Minas Gerais

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Perovskite Ore
Pyrochlore Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -46.66568, -19.13086

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    LETTER OF JAN. 3, 1973 FROM GERALDO MELCHER TO MAX WHITE

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO PYROCHLORE REPORTED BUT HIGH AIRBORNE RADIOACTIVITY ANOMALY REPORTED SIMILAR TO NEARBY ARAXA AND TAPIRA DEPOSITS WHERE PYROCHLORE DISCOVERED THRU RADIOACTIVITY. CARBONATITE WITH LOW GRADE PYROCHLORE CONFIRMED IN DRILLING BY GEOLOGIA E SONDAGEMS FOR DNPM (REPORT NOT PUBLISHED) - SEE REF. 2.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 White, Max G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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