Guaviruva

Past Producer in Sao Paulo, Brazil with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304143
MAS/MILS ID 3510430002
Record type Site
Current site name Guaviruva
Alternate or previous names Registro

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -47.779, -24.4974 (WGS84)
Elevation 25

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
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Biotite Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Nepheline Unknown
Orthoclase Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -47.779, -24.4974

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 10M
    Width 20M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 10
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1946

Mining district

District name Registro

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mineracao Da Ribeira, Ltda.
    Home office Brazil
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRINGTON,J.F., WARD,DE, ET AL, 1966, SOURCES OF FERTILIZER

  • Deposit

    IN SOUTH AMER.: A PRELIM. STUDY: USGS BULL 1240.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    THE BRITISH SUL. CORP., LTD.,1964, A WORLD SURV. AT PHOS. DE

  • Deposit

    ED., 206PP.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WILEY & SONS, N.Y.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 75-RCD 020 LAST KNOWN OPERATOR. CO HQ LOCATION UNKNOWN 75-RCD 050 OPERATION SUSPENDED SLIGHTLY BELOW WATER TABLE 75-RCD 080 DEPOSIT IS REGOLITH OVER APATITE-MAGNETITE CARBON 75-RCD 101 RESERVES QUOTED IN HARRINGTON, BR SULFUR CORP. 75-RCD 101 RESERVES CALCULATED TO UNSPECIFIED DEPTH 75-DEP IS ADJACENT TO SERROTE 935143003, OPERATING FOR APATI 75-DEP IS 22 KM BY ROAD FROM TUQUIA RAIL STATION,USED BY SER 75-RCD-040-AREA SURROUNDING REGISTRO IS SWAMPY.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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