Ipanema, Brazil

Occurrence in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodity Nickel
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079623
MRDS ID W029667
Record type Site
Current site name Ipanema, Brazil

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -41.66558, -19.83081 (WGS84)
Relative position SW OF AIMORES

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
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -41.66558, -19.83081

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE PROBABLE RESERVES OF 1,587,000 T OF ORE CONTAIN 1.24 PER CENT NICKEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANUARIO MINERAL BRASILEIRO,1976;

  • Reserve-Resource

    E1) ANUARIO MINERAL BRASILEIRO 1975,1976;

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE NICKEL DEPOSITS OF BRAZIL WITH ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE ARE THE SILICATIC NICKEL ORES BOUND TO INTRUSIONS OF ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1977 Saam, Henning G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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