Santa Barbara

Unknown in Rondonia, Brazil with commodity Tin
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. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182498
MAS/MILS ID 3510390010
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Barbara

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -63.16611, -9.16467 (WGS84)
Elevation 50

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
Magnetite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -63.16611, -9.16467

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 5M
    Length 1000M
    Width 500M
    Area 50HA
    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 OXIDATION
    Secondary 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) 50
    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

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUGUST 6, 1975: LEVANTAMENTOS AEROFOTOGRAMETRICOS S.A., 1964

  • Deposit

    UISA DO COSSETERITA NO TERRITORIO FEDERAL DE RONDONIA [ CASS

  • Deposit

    RESEARCH IN RONDONIA]: DIV. FOM.PROD. MIN., AVULSO NO. 88,

  • Deposit

    LOBATO SAYAO, F.P.N., AND OTHERS, 1967, PESQUISA DE CASSITER

  • Deposit

    TERRITORIO FEDERAL DE RONDONIA: DIV.FOM.PROD.MIN., BOL. NO 1

  • Deposit

    MEDEIROS, NOE, 1973, PERFIL AMALITICO DO ESTANHO [ANALYTICAL

  • Deposit

    LE OF TIN]: DEPT.NAC.PROD.MIN., BOLETIM NO. 13, 39 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINING METHOD ARE VERY RUDIMENTARY (PLACER, PICK AND SHO THE BENEFICIATION IS DONE BY A GRAVITY METHOD. THE ANNUAL PR TION IS AN APPROXIMATION. HEAVY RAINS FALL DURING OCTOBER T THE WORKING EFFICIENCY DECREASES SIGNIFICANTLY, THE AREA IS DENSE TROPICAL FOREST, WITH TREES AS HIGH AS 40 M.

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.