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Fabrica

Producer in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodity Iron
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  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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078067
MRDS ID W026220
Record type Site
Current site name Fabrica

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -43.88228, -20.43081 (WGS84)
Relative position CONGONHAS DE CAMPO, N OF; LOCATED IN SERRA DA MOEDA (MOUNTAIN RANGE)

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
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORES HAVE NO TI, CU, PB, ZN, AS, BI, SB, AND SN; MAIN IMPURITIES ARE SILICA, ALUMINA, PHOSPHOROUS, AND SULFUR BUT ALL IN AMOUNTS WITHIN ACCEPTABLE LIMITS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result HIGH GRADE HEMATITE, MORE THAN 64 PERCENT FE
Result SILICEOUS HEMATITE, 60 - 64 PERCENT FE
Result ITABIRITE, 35 - 60 PERCENT FE

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 241
USGS model code 34a
Deposit model name Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation
    Rock unit name Minas Series
    Rock description Minas Series

Nearby scientific data

(1) -43.88228, -20.43081
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Complex Folding And Granitic Intrusions; Iron Formations Run In Bands Of Varying Widths And Cutting Across Quadrilatero From East To West And North To South; Thickness Ranges To Several Hundred Feet

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCKS ARE PREC MINAS SERIES, SEDIMENTARY IRON FORMATIONS & THEIR COLLUVIAL DERIVATIVES; UNDERLAIN BY RIO DAS VELHAS SERIES, WHICH ALSO HAVE SOME IRON FORMATIONS, WHICH ARE TERMED ITABIRITES WITH ALTERNATING BANDS OF HEMATITE & QUARTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1810

Mining district

District name Quadrilatero Ferrifero, Congonhas Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ferteco Mineracao (Formerly Companhia Mineracao Ferro E Carvao) (Ferteco)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ferteco Mineracao S. A. (Formerly Companhia Mineracao Ferro E Carvao) (Ferteco)

Comments on the production information

  • OLD PLANT, 1812 - 1821 , 1938 RESEARCH BEGUN ON FABRICA. CAPACITY BEING EXPANDED TO 3,000,000 MTPY OF BLAST FURNACE AND FINE ORE ( 1973 )

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Total resources 265000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 59 wt-pct Iron Major 1973
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Total resources 1000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 41 wt-pct Iron Major 1973
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Total resources 1000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 41 wt-pct Iron Major 1973

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • * 265 MILLION M. T. HEMATITE ORE, OF WHICH 148 MILL. M. T. IS FROM PEREIRA DEPOSIT AND 117 MILL. M. T. IS FROM FABRICA DEPOSIT.
  • * SEE COMMENT UNDER RESERVES AND POT. RESOURCES

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General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit First Production Year: OLD PLANT, 1810 - 1821 ; 1938

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Cooper, Margaret (Shaffer, Glenn L.) U.S. Geological Survey

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