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Santa Catarina Fluorspar Mines

Producer in Santa Catarina, Brazil with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Quartz
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069445
MRDS ID W006980
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Catarina Fluorspar Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -49.249, -28.49735 (WGS84)
Relative position DEPOSITS ARE ON A LINE WHICH STARTS 7 KM. EAST OF COCAL AND ENDS 1.5 KM EAST OF PINDOTIBA, SANTA CATARINA. NEAR TUBARAO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Catarina(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Santa Catarina

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS BETWEEN 48 DEG. 30 MIN. AND 49 DEG. 30 MIN. WEST LONGITUDE AND 27 DEG. 30 MIN. AND 29 DEG. 0 MIN SOUTH LATITUDE. 22 DEPOSITS, AT LEAST 5 OPERATING MINES ALONG A VEIN SYSTEM ABOUT 25 KM LONG. PRINCIPAL AREAS - MORRO DA FUMACA, PEDRAS GRANDES, SANTA ROSA DE LIMA, ARMAZEM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Quartz Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue

Analytical data

Result SOUTHERN 10 KM. MINES: CAF2 - 70 TO 75%
Result NORTHERN 6 - 7 KM. MINES: CAF2 - 40%.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -49.249, -28.49735
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 35 DEG E
    Dip 80 - 90 DEG W
    Length 17000M
    Width 11M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 150M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Control

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer R. Putzer
Year of first production 1964

Mining district

District name Criciuma District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mineracao Santa Catarina, Ltd.
  • Type Operator
    Owner Mineracao Nossa Senhura Do Carmo, Ltd.
  • Type Operator
    Owner Minerios Catarinense Ltd.
  • Type Operator
    Owner Mineracao Sul Brasileira, Ltd.
  • Type Operator
    Owner Mineracao Sao Paulo
  • Type Operator
    Owner Antonio Sergio Borges

Production statistics

  • Year 1973
    Period 1960 - 1973
    Material F
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Mostly Metallurgical Grade (60 % Eff. Caf2)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 60wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 8 - 1 TO 2 MILLION TONS OF CONCENTRATES OF ALL GRADES

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Name SANTA ROSA DE LIMA
    Estimate year 1972
    Total resources 179599000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 42.5 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1972
  • Type In-situ
    Name MORRO DA FUMACA
    Estimate year 1972
    Total resources 785394000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 77.5 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1972
  • Type In-situ
    Name PEDRO GRANDES
    Estimate year 1972
    Total resources 753382000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 42.5 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1972
  • Type In-situ
    Name SANTA ROSA DE LIMA
    Estimate year 1972
    Total resources 179599000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 42.5 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1972

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 1 - ARMAZEM AREA; ITEM 2 - MORRO DA FUMACA AREA: 575,000 M.T. MEAS., 102,050 M.T. IND., 108,344 M.T. INFER.; ITEM 3 - PEDRO GRANDES AREA: 307,066 M.T. MEAS., 220,700 M.T. IND., 225,616 M.T. INFER.; ITEM 4 - SANTA ROSA DE LIMA: 72,934 M.T. MEASURED, 41,646 M.T. INDICATED, 65,019 M.T. INFERRED

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE OF THE LARGER ORE BODIES IS 470 M. LONG, 2 - 11 M. WIDE. WIDTHS AVERAGE 4 - 5 M. IN THE SOUTHERN 10 KM. AND 3 M. IN THE NORTHERN 6 - 7 KM. MINERALIZATION IS DISCONTINUOUS FOR A LENGTH OF 17 - 36 KM.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: A DECIDED LACK OF TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING MINING METHODS BY AREA OPERATORS WAS REPORTED BY TEIXEIRA (1968). THE DEPOSITS ARE EASILY MINED, HOWEVER, BECAUSE WALL ROCK IS VERY STABLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ,1973, PERFIL ANALITICO DA FLUORITA: DEPT. NACIONAL DA PRODUCATO MINERAL, MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BOLETIN 14, 40 P.

  • Deposit

    GROGAN, R.M. AND OTHERS, 1974, THE ENVIRONMENTS OF DEPOSITION OF FLUORSPAR, IN A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR: KY. GEOL. SURV. SPECIAL PUB. 22, P. 6 - 7

  • Deposit

    TEIXEIRA, A.S. AND PIANTNICKI, S., 1968, GEOLOGIA ECONOMICA DO DISTRITO DE FLUORITA DE SANTA CATARINA (TRANSL. BY DAUGHERTY, F.W.): BRAZILIAL GEOL. SOC. 22D CONG.

  • Deposit

    WENDEL, C.A., 1970, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON FLUORINE RESOURCES OF SOUTHEAST SANTA CATARINA: UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 16 P.

  • Deposit

    1965 GEOLMAP DNPM 1ST DIST. EXTREME SOUT

  • Production

    GROGAN, R.M., 1974, ENVIRONMENTS OF DEPOSITION

  • Reserve-Resource

    1973, PERFIL ANALITICO DA FLUORITA: DNPM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey

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