Salitre Deposit

Prospect in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodities Titanium, Niobium (Columbium), Phosphorus-Phosphates
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000871
MRDS ID ISM0768
Record type District
Current site name Salitre Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -45.99899, -18.66424 (WGS84)
Relative position 100 KM NORTH OF ARAXA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Minas Gerais(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Minas Gerais

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium Critical Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -45.99899, -18.66424

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description EXPLOSIVE INTRUSION IN PROTEROZOIC SUCCESSION (CANASTRA GROUP)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Discovery year 1966

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner CIA VALE DO RIO DOCE (CVRD)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARBEN, P., 1984, TITANIUM MINERALS IN BRAZIL - PROGRESS AND POTENTIAL: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS JAN. 84.

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, R., 1984, TITANIUM AND TITANIUM DIOXIDE: PUBLISHED BY FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS INFORMATION LTD, P. 26-27.

  • Deposit

    GAZETA MERCANTIL, 1983, CVRD TO PRODUCE CONCENTRATES; PRESS CLIPPING FROM GAZETA MERCANTIL 7.3.83.

  • Deposit

    FANTEL, R.T., ET AL, 1984, AVAILABILITY OF TITANIUM MINERALS - WORLD. A MINERALS AVAILABILITY PROGRAM APPRAISAL (DRAFT COPY) P. 65-69.

Beyond USGS

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