Pocos De Caldas

Plant in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodity Aluminum
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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182557
MAS/MILS ID 3510232001
Record type Site
Current site name Pocos De Caldas

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -46.54899, -21.63076 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(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
Aluminum Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -46.54899, -21.63076

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1970
Plant type Refiner
Plant subcategory Bayer

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Alcoa Aluminio Sa
    Home office Brazil
    Year 1987
  • Type Owner
    Owner Alcoa Aluminio Sa
    Interest 64
    Home office Brazil
    Year 1987
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hanna Mining
    Interest 36
    Home office Brazil
    Year 1987

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Description Alumina(Al203) Production 213000 Mtpy Alumina
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Al2O3 Aluminum Aluminum 213000mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Alumina(Al203) Production 216000 Mtpy Alumina
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Al2O3 Aluminum Aluminum 216000mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Alumina(Al203) Production 221000 Mtpy Alumina
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Al2O3 Aluminum Aluminum 221000mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Alumina(Al203) Production 220000 Mtpy Alumina
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Al2O3 Aluminum Aluminum 220000mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Alumina(Al203) Production 256000 Mtpy Alumina
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Al2O3 Aluminum Aluminum 256000mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    ALUMINUM PRODUCTION COST SURVEY, 1980-1985 BROOK HUNT AND

  • Production

    ASSOCIATES LTD. PG.275 (RECORDS 1-4,7)

  • Production

    ALUMINUM PRODUCTION COST SURVYEY, 1988 BROOK HUNT AND ASSOC-

  • Production

    IATES LTD. PG.2.20 (RECORDS 5,6,8,9)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CAPACITY DATA IN THE CONCENTRATOR AND PRODUCT DATA SHEETS IN TERMS OF MT OF BAUXITE ORE INPUT. IE, "MT ORE/DAY" PRODUCT DATA SET "OUTPUT" IS IN TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINA (AL203) CONCENTRATE PER DAY, IE, "MT COMMOD/DAY" GRADE DATA IN TERMS OF WT% OF ALUMINA TRANSPORTATION PERCENTAGES REPRESENT 1985 DATA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-SEP-96 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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