Campo De Agostinho Basin

Prospect in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodities Thorium, Uranium, Vanadium, Zirconium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182570
MAS/MILS ID 3510230016
Record type Site
Current site name Campo De Agostinho Basin

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -46.1657, -19.79751 (WGS84)
Elevation 1200

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
Thorium Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Unknown
Vanadinite Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -46.1657, -19.79751

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.5M
    Length 100M
    Width 3M
    Area 20HA
    Depth to top 100M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Strike And Dip N55W:
    Minimum Depth to Top 20
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 7
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1948

Mining district

District name Campo Agostinho

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Municipality

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Brazilian Government
    Interest 100
    Home office Brazil
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Comissao Nacional De Energia Nuclear - C-N-E-N
    Home office Brazil
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MACIEL,AC,CRUZ,PR,1973, PERFIL ANALITICO URANIO MME,DNPM,BOL

  • Deposit

    R.J., BRASIL

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONAL NAVIGATION CHART ONC P-28 USAF SCALE 1:1000,000

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE UNDERGROUND METHOD WAS PROPOSED IN LITERATURE. URANIUM D IN ALCALINE,HYDROTHERMAL TYPE OF ROCKS. ASSOCIATED WITH ZIRC TE,THORIUM,FLUORITE AND MOLYBDENU C.N.E.N IS A GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY NO WORK DONE IN AREA BUT METHODS WERE PROPOSED BY CNEN (GOV. ) ONLY SURVEY HAS BEEN DONE AND RESERVES WERE PROVED THE TOTAL ORE RESERVE IS ESTIMATED TO BE 739 TONS OF URANIUM +P3).AMOUNT OF VANADIUM IS NOT AVAILABLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Nellis, J.C. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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