Brotas De Macaubas Manganese

Occurrence 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069049
MRDS ID W002334
Record type Site
Current site name Brotas De Macaubas Manganese

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -42.6323, -11.99778 (WGS84)

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -42.6323, -11.99778

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTHLY REPORT, BRAZIL PROJECT, MAY 1966, NAGELL, R.H

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT LOCATED IN TOWN OF BROTAS DE MACAUBAS, IN THE BOQUIRA QUADRANGLE. DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF INTERMITTENT CAPPING OF ORE (8 M WIDE AND 800 M LONG) ALONG LOW RIDGE CREST. CAPPING FORMED AS RESIDUAL WEATHERING PRODUCT OVER VEIN STRUCTURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Warfle, Thomas M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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