Sao Joao Del Rei

Producer in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodities Tantalum, Iron, Tin, Niobium (Columbium), Titanium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001569
MRDS ID W001386
Record type District
Current site name Sao Joao Del Rei
Alternate or previous names Sao Joao Del Rei Tin District, Sao Joao Del Rei Niobium-Tantalum

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -44.49895, -21.58075 (WGS84)

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
Tantalum Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Tin Critical Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
Titanium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -44.49895, -21.58075

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name SAO JOAO DEL REI TIN DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GUIMARAES, DJALMA, 1956, CONCENTRADOS ESTANIFEROUS DO MUNICIPIO DE SAO JOAO DEL REI, MINAS GERAIS: DIVISAO DE FOMENTO DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, BOLETIM 99, P. 43-72. ABREU, S.F., 1962, RECURSOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL VOL. II MINISTERIO DA INDUSTRIA E COMERCIO INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGIA. RIO DE JANEIRO, V.2, P. 462-468(BOTH IN PORTUGUESE).

  • Deposit

    ABREU, S.F., 1962, RECURSOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL: VOL. II, MINISTERIO DA INDUSTRIA E COMERCIO, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOROGIA, RIO DE JANEIRO, P. 462-468.

  • Deposit

    WRITTEN COMMUNICATION FROM M.G. WHITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1973 WHITE, MAX G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 22-SEP-1994 PAGE, NORMAN J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1994 WARFLE, THOMAS M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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