Ipanema I & Ii

Prospect in Sao Paulo, Brazil with commodities Aluminum, Barium-Barite, Calcium, Gemstone, Iron, Magnesite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Vermiculite
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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255490
MAS/MILS ID 3510430005
Record type Site
Current site name Ipanema I & Ii
Alternate or previous names Ipanema Fezenda, Ipanema Complex, Morro De Aragoiaba

Comments on the site names

  • OTHER NAME:MORRO DE ARAC0IBA.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -47.5823, -23.59742 (WGS84)
Elevation 900
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sao Paulo(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Sao Paulo

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Calcium Tertiary
Gemstone Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Magnesite Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Vermiculite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Barite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Nepheline Unknown
Vermiculite Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -47.5823, -23.59742

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 200M
    Area 1300HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1300
    Date of Last Modification 830324

Comments on the geologic information

  • APATITE IS FLUOR-APATITE NEPHELINE IS NEPHELINE SYENITE
  • DENSITY (IN SITU): UNKNOWN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1920
Mining method Open Pit
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Sao Paulo

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Serrana, Sa
    Interest 100
    Home office Brazil
    Year 1981

Comments on the ownership information

  • SERRANA, S A, IS PART OF SANTISTA GROUP. SANTISTA GROUP BELONGS TO BUNGEBORN GROUP OF BUENOS AIRES

Comments on the production information

  • METHOD OF EXPLORATION: UNKNOWN
  • PRODUCT SENT TO FURNACE PLANT FOR CONVERSION TO MAGNESIUM THERMOPHOSPHATE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POTENTIALLY RECOVERABLE ACCESSORY MINERALS GRADE IS UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1300HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Percent Waste Rock 54.5
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Hardness of Ore SAND, GRAVEL
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 10
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 25
    Capacity 16400
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AMARAL, G, BUSHEE, J, CORDANI, U G, KAWASHITA, K, AND

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    REYNOLDS, J H, POTASSIUM-ARGON AGES OF ALKALINE ROCKS FROM

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    SOUTHERN BRAZIL: GEOCHIMICA E COSMOCHIMICA ACTA, VOL 31,

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    1967, P 117-142

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    DERBY, O, ON THE MAGNETITE ORE DISTRICTS OF JACUPIRANGA AND

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    IPANEMA, SAO PAULO, BRAZIL AM JOURNAL SCI VOL 141, 1891,

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    P 311-321

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    DUPRE, L, MEMORIA SOBRE A FABICA DE FERRO DE SAO JOAO DE

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    IPANEMA: ANNAES DA ESCOLA DE MINAS, NO 4, RIO, 1918,

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    P 49-90

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    GUIA QUATRO RODAS DO BRASIL, 1981

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    HIGHNETT, T P, EDITOR, FERTILIZER MANUAL, IFDC-UNIDO,

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    DECEMBER, 1979

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    INSTITUTO BRASILEIRO DO FOSFATO (IBRAFOS), I ENCONTRO

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    NACIONAL DE ROCHA FOSFATICO, BRASILIA APRIL, 19-20, 1979,

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    RIO, 1980

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    INSTITUTO DE TECHNOLOGIA INDUSTRIAL, M G, VOL 5, FOLHA 10,

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    BELO HORIZONTE, N D

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    LEONARDOS, O H, CARBONATITOS COM APATITA E PIROCLORO:

  • Deposit

    BRAZIL, DEPTO NAC PROD MIN, AVULSO 80, RIO, 1956

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    LEINZ, V, PETROLOGIA DAS JAZIDAS DE APATITA DE IPANEMA, S P:

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    BRAZIL, DEPT NAC PROD MIN, VOL 40, RIO, 1940, P 1-52

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    MC NEIL, M, LATERITIC SOILS: SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, NOV 1964

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    MORAES, L J DE, JAZIDAS DE APATITA DE IPANEMA, ESTADO DE SAO

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    PAULO: BRAZIL, SERV FOM PROD MIN, VOL 27, RIO, 1938

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    SERRANA, SERRANA DE MINERACAO, S A: IN-HOUSE BROCHURE, SAO

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    PAULO, N D

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    SILVA, A F JR, AND R B NETO, ANALYSIS OF PHOSPHATE ROCK

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    PRODUCTION IN BRASIL, JULY 1979

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    HARRINGTON, J.F., WARD, D.E., ET AL., 1966, SOURCES OF

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    FERTILIZER MIN. IN SOUTH AMER.: A PRELIM. STUDY: USGS

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    BULL. 1240.

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    MCKELVEY, V.E., 1967, PHOSPHATE DEP.: USGS BULL. 1252-D.

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    NOYES DEVEL. CORP., 1963, INTER. FERT. GUIDE.

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    THE BRITISH SULPHUR CORP., LTD., 1964, A WORLD SURV. OF

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    PHOS. DEP., 2ND ED., 206 PP.

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    TUTTLE, O.F., AND GITTINS, J., CARBONATITES: INTERSCIENCE

  • Deposit

    PUB., JOHN WILEY & SONS, N.Y.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TYPE OF MINERAL HOLDINGS - "PRESENTLY LEASED CLAIMS"

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-DEC-94 Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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