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Catalao-Fosfago

Producer in Goias, Brazil with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  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. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10279632
MAS/MILS ID 3510170017
Record type Site
Current site name Catalao-Fosfago
Alternate or previous names Fosfago, Catalao-Ouvidor, Fazenda, Chapadao At Ouvidor

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -47.79904, -18.13087 (WGS84)
Elevation 850
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Goias(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Goias

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Collophane Unknown
Magnetite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -47.79904, -18.13087
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 33M
    Depth to top 31M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    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 10
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 31
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 10
    Date of Last Modification 830330
  • Area 1600HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1600
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • OREBODY IS HORIZONTAL
  • IN SITU DENSITY IS UNKNOWN
  • COLLOPHONE IS A SECONDARY MINERAL GANGUE MINERALS ARE ILMENITE, BARITE, NIOBIUM, SILEXITE, AND LIMONITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1971
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1979
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Goias

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Catalao
    Interest 100
    Home office Brazil
    Year 1989
    Last year 1989
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Fosfatos De Goias,Sa (Fosfago) Consolidated So. Am. Corp.
    Interest 51
    Home office Brazil
    Year 1981
    Last year 1989
  • Type Owner
    Owner Agrico Ind. And Com. Ltda
    Interest 49
    Home office Brazil
    Year 1981
    Last year 1989

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Measured 73000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 73000000mt ore
    Total resources 73000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 15.75 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1978
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Demonstrated 10574000mt ore
    Total resources 10574000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 10 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1981
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Demonstrated 79400000mt ore
    Total resources 79400000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 10 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1985
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Demonstrated 61000000mt ore
    Total resources 61000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 16 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1989

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • QA LINE#02 GRADE UNKNOWN. NIOBIUM DEPOSITS ARE CONTIGUOUS
  • AN ARTICLE IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS (11/89, P.61) INDUCATED THAT COPEBRAS NOW OWNED CATALAO. THE ARTICLE ALSO ESTIMATED TOTAL RESERVES WERE 61MIL MT GRADING 16% P2O5.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1600HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 60
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 31
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Capacity 1200
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    SCHREIBER, E J AND N PARKS. BRAZIL'S N-P-K GOALS SLIP

  • Reserve-Resource

    BEHIND SCHEDULE. E&MJ, FEBRUARY 1978, PP 82-85

  • Reserve-Resource

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NOVEMBER, 1989, P61.

  • Deposit

    ABIB, PAULO, REPORT ON PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY, UNPUBLISHED,

  • Deposit

    PAULO ABIB ENGENHARIA, S/A, SAO PAULO, 1980

  • Deposit

    ALVES, B P, DISTRITO NIOBIO-TITANIFERO DE TAPIRA: BRAZIL,

  • Deposit

    DEPTO NAC PROD MIN BOL 108, 1960

  • Deposit

    DIBBLE, M F, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FOSFAGO PHOSPHATE ROCK

  • Deposit

    CONCENTRATOR, BRAZIL: AIME FALL MEETING, MINNEAPOLIS,

  • Deposit

    MINNESOTA, 1980

  • Deposit

    DYER, R C, OS DOMOS ULTRABASICO-ALCALINOS DOS ARREDORES DE

  • Deposit

    CATALAO - GEOLOGIC REGIONAL: OURO PRETO, REV ESC MINAS

  • Deposit

    VOL XXVII, NO 4, P 170-176

  • Deposit

    EITEN, G, THE CERRADO VEGATATION OF BRAZIL: THE BOTANICAL

  • Deposit

    REVIEW, VOL 38, NO 2, 1972, P 201-341

  • Deposit

    GUIA QUATRO RODAS DO BRASIL, 1981

  • Deposit

    LEONARDOS, O H, CARBONATITOS COM APATITA E PIROCLORO: BRAZIL

  • Deposit

    DEPTO NAC PROD MIN AVULSO NO 80, RIO DE JANEIRO, 1956

  • Deposit

    MC NEIL, M, BRAZIL'S URANIUM/THORIUM DEPOSITS: GEOLOGY,

  • Deposit

    RESERVES AND POTENTIAL, MILLER FREEMAN, SAN FRANCISCO 1978

  • Deposit

    METAGO - REPORT (CONFIDENTIAL), 1977

  • Deposit

    MURPHY, M, WOLLENBERG, H, STRISOWER, B, BOWMAN, H, FLEXSER,

  • Deposit

    S, AND CARMICHAEL, I, URANIUM IN ALKALINE ROCKS,

  • Deposit

    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY CONTRACT,

  • Deposit

    GRAND JUNCTION, GJBX-78, 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-OCT-1996 Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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