Mina Rodrigo

Past Producer in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodity Iron
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. Ownership information
  9. Workings at the site
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134193
MAS/MILS ID 3510230083
Record type Site
Current site name Mina Rodrigo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -43.84895, -19.99748 (WGS84)

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 Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -43.84895, -19.99748

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cia Siderurgica Mannesmann
    Interest 100
    Home office Brazil
    Year 1977

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1972 E/MJ INT.DIR.OF MINING&MINERAL PROCESSING UNITS,MCGRAW-

  • Deposit

    N.Y.P.172.

  • Deposit

    1976 E/MJ INT.DIR. OF MINING&MINERAL PROCESSING UNITS,MCGRAW

  • Deposit

    N.Y.P.215.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 77-RCD 030-LOCATION UNKNOWN,COORDINATES ARE THOSE OF NOVA LI 77-RCD 630-OPEN PIT MINE OPENED IN 1960,CAPACITY IN 1971 WAS TONNES ORE/DAY-ORE RESERVES RUNNING OUT IN 1972(ONLY MININ HEMATITE)-MINE TEMPORARILY CLOSED IN 1972-STILL CLOSED IN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Boyle, Ed U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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