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Patos De Minas Mine

Producer in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111557
MRDS ID W700052
Record type Site
Current site name Patos De Minas Mine
Alternate or previous names Rocinha, Pirubinhas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -46.91569, -18.33089 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

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
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 243
USGS model code 34c
Deposit model name Phosphate, upwelling type

Nearby scientific data

(1) -46.91569, -18.33089
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • ORE PRODUCTION CAPACITY IS BETWEEN 500,000 AND 1,000,000 TONNES PER YEAR.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Total resources 329300000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 12.6 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1979
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1984
    Total resources 238000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 11.4 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1984

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • RECORD NUMBER TC42679 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAUSS AND OTHERS, 1984: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULARR 930-C, 41 P.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 46.

  • Deposit

    DE AZEVEDO BRANCO, P.C., 1984, CAPITULO IX--PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS, METODOLOGIA E LISTAGEM, IN SCHOBBERHAUS, CARLOS, DE ALMEIDA CAMPOS, DIOGENES, RUY DERZE, GILBERT, AND ERWIN ASMUS, HAROLDO, EDS., GEOLOGIA DO BRASIL: BRASILIA, BRAZIL DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, P. 359-419.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    1979 ESTIMATES ARE FROM KRAUSS AND OTHERS (1984); THIRD ESTIMATE IS FROM DE AZEVEDO BRANCO (1984).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS INFORMATION FROM MRDS RECORD NO. W700660 WHICH WAS A DUPLICATE RECORD FOR THIS SITE AND HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-87 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-89 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey

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