Caracuru

Producer in Para, Brazil with commodity Aluminum

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Ownership information
Links to other databases
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10158471
MAS/MILS ID	3510250021
Record type	Site
Current site name	Caracuru

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Town
Geographic coordinates:	-52.38248, -1.08165 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Para(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Brazil	Para

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Aluminum Critical	Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1)	-52.38248, -1.08165	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

GRAIN SIZE OF GREEN BAUXITE FEED IS 1-10 MM WITH AL2O3 CONTENT ABOVE 56%.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type	Surface
Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No
Discovery year	1988
Year of first production	1988

Ownership information

Type Owner

Owner Caemi

Interest 100

Home office Brazil

Year 1989

Type	Owner
Owner	Caemi
Interest	100
Home office	Brazil
Year	1989

Comments on the production information

PLANNED MARKETS ARE BRAZIL, ARGENTINA, EUROPE, AND THE US. CONSUMERS ARE IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRIES, GLASS, AND CEMENT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

DATA HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED. ONCE VERIFICATION IS COMPLETE, DATA TABLES WILL BE ENTERED.

Comments on other economic factors

THE PLANNED PLANT WILL HAVE A CAPACITY OF 200,000 MTPY AND USE HEAVY MEDIA CONCENTRATION USING MAGNETITE AND FERROSILICON. PLANS CALL FOR TWO CRUSHING AND THREE WASHING AND SCREENING STAGES. CLASSIFIERS ARE TO BE USED FOR DEWATERING. ENERGY IS TO BE PROVIDED BY LOCAL GENERATORS. TOTAL INVESTMENT FOR THE NEW PLANT AND CALCINER WAS $12 MILLION

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	3510250021

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	THE SITE CONSISTS OF A MINE AND BENEFICATION PLANT. THE MINE PRODUCES REFRACTORY GRADE BAUXITE. THE FACILITY CONSISTS OF A MINE AND AND CALCINING PLANT. AS OF SEPT. 1989, GREEN BAUXITE AT 70,000 TPA WAS PRODUCED AT A PILOT PLANT AT THE MINE SITE. CONSTRUCTION OF THE 200,000 TPA CALCINING PLANT WAS BEGUN AUG. 1988; THE PLANT WAS AT THE FINE TUNING STAGE AS OF SEPT. 1989. LAT LONG REFLECTS THE PORT OF MUNGUBA, WHICH IS 60KM BY RAIL TO THE MINE.

Subject category

Comment text

Deposit

THE SITE CONSISTS OF A MINE AND BENEFICATION PLANT. THE MINE PRODUCES REFRACTORY GRADE BAUXITE. THE FACILITY CONSISTS OF A MINE AND AND CALCINING PLANT. AS OF SEPT. 1989, GREEN BAUXITE AT 70,000 TPA WAS PRODUCED AT A PILOT PLANT AT THE MINE SITE. CONSTRUCTION OF THE 200,000 TPA CALCINING PLANT WAS BEGUN AUG. 1988; THE PLANT WAS AT THE FINE TUNING STAGE AS OF SEPT. 1989. LAT LONG REFLECTS THE PORT OF MUNGUBA, WHICH IS 60KM BY RAIL TO THE MINE.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	06-JUL-1992	Wilburn, David R.	U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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