Picarrao Mine

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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158363
MAS/MILS ID 3510230081
Record type Site
Current site name Picarrao Mine
Alternate or previous names Catas Altas, Pico Picarro Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -43.43224, -20.08078 (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) -43.43224, -20.08078

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cvrd-Companhia Vale Do Rio Doce
    Interest 100
    Home office Brazil
    Year 1976

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 0
    Measured 31745000mt ore
    Demonstrated 31745000mt ore
    Total resources 31745000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 51 wt-pct Iron Trace 0

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 7775
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WESSEL,FW,1973,BRAZIL CHAP.,US BUMINES MIN.YEARBOOK.1972,V.I

  • Deposit

    165.

  • Deposit

    MINING ENGINEERING,V.25,NO.11,NOV. 1973.PP.40-41.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 76-RCD-030-PICARRO MINE APPROX. 2 KM NW OF CATAS ALTAS & 1 E OF ITABIRA 76-RCD 151-SOME OF ORE IS ITABIRITE(44% FE) AND ABOUT ONE TH HIGH GRADE HEMATITE(66% FE).THE SOFT,COARSE GRAINED ITABIR BE CONCENTRATED BY GRAVITY WITH HUMPHREY SPIRALS-IT IS EXP THAT 1,814,000 TONNES OF CONCENTRATE CAN BE PROD.ANNUALLY 2,721,000 TONNES ORE.RESEARCH INTO POSSIBLE USE OF WET,HIG TENSITY MAGNETIC SEPERATION BEING CONDUCTED IN 1972. 76 -RCD 130- PICARRO MINE BEGAN PRODUCTION IN JUNE,1972.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Boyle, Ed U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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