Jacuba Cobalt Deposits - Brazil

Producer in Goias, Brazil with commodity Cobalt
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. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110429
MRDS ID W006851
Record type Site
Current site name Jacuba Cobalt Deposits - Brazil

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -48.64899, -27.63069 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position ON SUMMIT OF SERRA DA MANTIQUEIRA, JUST NORTH OF SAO JOSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Goias(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Goias

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnierite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -48.64899, -27.63069

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1962
    Total resources 75000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Cobalt Co 1 wt-pct Cobalt Major 1962

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDREWS, R.W., 1962, COBALT: OVERSEAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS, MINERAL RESOURCES DIVISION, LONDON, HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, P. 162

  • Deposit

    BILBREY, JOSEPH H., 1962, COBALT, A MATERIALS SURVEY; U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIR. 8103, P. 35

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1975 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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