Montes Carlos

Prospect in Goias, Brazil with commodity Nickel
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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304420
MAS/MILS ID 3510170011
Record type Site
Current site name Montes Carlos
Alternate or previous names Montes Claros

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -51.49913, -15.33098 (WGS84)
Elevation 305

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
Nickel Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorite Unknown
Garnierite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Serpentine Unknown
Spinel Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -51.49913, -15.33098

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 3
    Type of Orebody #1 LATERITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Date of Last Modification 830627

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1969
Mining method Strip-Hillside
Milling method Pyrometallurgy Unspecified

Mining district

District name Montes Claros

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Votorantin
    Interest 100
    Home office Brazil
    Year 1981

Comments on the ownership information

  • LINDSEY IS OWNED BY FALCONBRIDGE WHICH IS CONTROLLED BY SUPERIOR OIL COMPANY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS THROUGH MCINTYRE MINES LTD.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • M1C3 = M9C4. THE MONTES CLAROS DEPOSIT IS A TYPICAL LATERITIC OREBODY DEVELOPED BY WEATHERING OF AN ULTRAMAFIC INTRUSIVE HOST ROCK. GOLDER REPORT STATES PRODUCTION UNLIKLY BEFORE 1990.
  • BUREAU OF MINES AND CONTRACTOR ESTIMATES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Primary Material Cover HARD ROCKS
    Secondary Material Cover M-HARD ROCKS
    Tertiary Material Cover HARD ROCKS
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Capacity 4000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 5
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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    COMPANHIA DE PESQUISA DE RECURSOS MINERALS. "CPRM'S NICKEL

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    ORE DEPOSIT, MORRO DO ENGENHO, GOIAS, BRAZIL." CPRM.

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    ABEL,M.K., ET AL. "1979 COPPER MINERALIZATION IN THE

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    FOOTWALL COMPLEX, STRATHCONA MINE, SUDBURY, ONTARIO."

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    CANADIAN MINERALOGIST 17. PP.275-285.

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    BAIRD,C.F. INCO LIMITED: PUBLIC REALEASE. SEPT. 2,1980.

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    BAIRD,C.F. REMARKS TO THE DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS METALS AND

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    MINING FORM. NEW YORK. FEB. 26,1980.

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    BAIRD,C.F. TESTIMONY ON THE SELECT COMMITEE ON INCO AND

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    FALCONBRIDGE LAYOFFS. TORONTO,ONTARIO, CANADA. JAN

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    11,1978.

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    BATEMAN,A.M. "MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS, SUDBURY, ONTARIO."

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    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 12. 1917. PP.391-426.

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    BRAY,J.V.G. "NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN SUDBURY GEOLOGY."GEOLOGICAL

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    ASSOCIATION OF CANADA. SPEC. PAPER 10. 1972.

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    BROCOUM,S.J. AND I.W.D. DALZIEL. "THE SUDBURY BASIN,

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    SOUTHERN PROVINCE, GRENVILLE FRONT,AND THE PENOKEAN

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    OROGENY." EOS (AM. GEOPHYS. UNION TRANS.) VOL. 54.

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    1973. P.461.

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    CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING. MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA.

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    CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 16. MONTREAL,CANADA. 1977.

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    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK. NORTHERN MINER PRESS, LTD. TORONTO

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    CANADA. 1980-81.

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    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL. BUYERS GUIDE AND REFERENCE MANUAL.

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    MONTREAL. 1977 AND 1980.

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    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL. ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL HAS IMPACT

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    ON SUDBURY AREA." MAY 1977.

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    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL. REFERENCE MANUAL AND BUYERS GUIDE

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    MONTREAL CANADA. 1981.

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    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL. "THE SUDBURY OPERATIONS OF INCO

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    METALS COMPANY." MONTREAL, MAY 1977.

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    CARD,K.D., ET AL. "GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE SUDBURY-ELLIOT

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    LAKE REGION." 24TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS.

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    MONTREAL. QUEBEC. EXCURSION C38. 1972B. 56PP.

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    CARD,K.D., ET. AL. "THE SOUTHERN PROVINCE." GEOLOGICAL

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    ASSOCIATION OF CANADA. SPEC. PAPER NO. 11. 1972A.

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    PP.335-380.

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    CARD,K.D. AND R.W. HUTCHINSON. "THE SUDBURY STRUCTURE. ITS

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    REGIONAL GEOLOGICAL SETTING." GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF

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    CANADA. SPEC. PAPER NO. 10. 1972. PP.67-78.

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    CARTER,J.E. INCO LIMITED: REMARKS TO THE ANNUAL MEETING

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    TORONTO. APRIL 16,1980.

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    CARTER,J.E. INCO LIMITED: REMARKS TO THE TORONTO SOCIETY OF

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    FINANCIAL ANALYSTS. TORONTO. FEB.28,1980.

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    COOPER,M.A. TESTIMONY TO THE SELECT COMITTEE ON INCO AND

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    FALCONBRIDGE LAYOFFS.TORONTO CANADA. JANUARY 11,1978.

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    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES MINERALS

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    DEVELOMENT SECTOR. PUBLIC DEPOSIT FILE. OTTAWA, CANADA

  • Deposit

    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES, SURVEYS AND

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    MAPPING BRANCH. CLEMSFORD TOPOGRAPHIC MAP, SCALE 1

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    SCALE 1:50000, MAP 41-I/11, EDITION 3. OTTAWA, 1975.

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    PHOTOGRAPHS, 1971. CULTURE CHECK, 1972

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    FINANCIAL POST. SECTION 5 ADVERTISEMENT. TORONTO,CANADA.

  • Deposit

    OCT. 11 1980.

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    HAWLEY, J.E. "THE SUDBURY ORES: THEIR MINEROLOGY AND ORIGIN

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    CANADIAN MINERALOGIST 7. 1962. 207PP. UPSIDE DOWN

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    ZONING AT FROOD, SUDBURY, ONTARIO. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 60.

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    1965. PP. 529-75

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    FALCONBRIDGE NICKEL MINES, LTD. ANNUAL REPORTS, 1970 TO 1980

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    , INCLUSIVE 10K REPORT, 1980.

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    FINANCIAL POST, SECTION 5 ADVERTISEMENT. TORONTO, CANADA.

  • Deposit

    OCTOBER 11, 1980.

  • Deposit

    FISH, R."FALCONBRIDGE NICKEL MINES, SUDBURY OPERATIONS:

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    AFTER 50 YEARS PRESENT ORE RESERVES EQUAL TO ORE MINED.

  • Deposit

    " CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL. MAY 1978.

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    GLOBE AND MAIL. "FALCONBRIDGE DENIES PLAN TO SHUT DOMINICAN

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    COMPLEX." APRIL 28, 1981.

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, J.E. "THE SUDBURY ORES: THEIR MINERALOGY AND ORIGIN.

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    " CANADIAN MINERALOGIST 7. 1962. 207 PP. UPSIDE DOWN

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    1965. PP. 529-75.

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    MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES. MINERAL DEPOSIT REPORTS.

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    PUBLISHED INFORMATION, MINERAL ASSESSMENT FILES.

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    TORONTO CANADA.

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    MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES, ONTARIO MINERAL REVIEW.

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    TORONTO, CANADA.

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    NALDRETT, A.J., ET AL. "CRYPTIC VARIATION AND THE PETROLOGY

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    OF THE SUDBURY NICKEL IRRUPTIVE." ECONOMIC GEOLOGY.

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    1970. VOL. 65. NO. 2. PP. 122-155.

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    PATTINSON, E.F. "THE SUDBURY SUBLAYER." CANADIAN

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    MINERALOGIST 17. 1979. PP. 257-274.

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    SOUCH, B.E., ET AL. "THE SULPHIDE ORES OF SUDBURY: THEIR

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    PARTICULAR RELATIONSHIP TO A DISTINCTIVE INCLUSION-

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    BEARING FACIES OF THE NICKEL IRUPTIVE." SYMPOSIUM OF

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    MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY MONOGRAPH 4

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    1969. 252-261

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-DEC-1994 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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