Area De Limeira

Unknown in Rondonia, Brazil with commodity Tin
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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. Links to other databases
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10288117
MAS/MILS ID 3510390004
Record type Site
Current site name Area De Limeira
Alternate or previous names Igrape Machados

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -64.99944, -9.49795 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rondonia(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Rondonia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Monazite Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -64.99944, -9.49795

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3M
    Length 500M
    Width 300M
    Area 23HA
    Depth to top 10M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 PLACER
    Primary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 10
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 23
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1958

Mining district

District name Porto Velho

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAME REFERENCE AS FOR MACANGAMA AND SANTA BARBARA MINES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Martinez U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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