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Araxa-Camig

Producer in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodities Barium-Barite, Iron, Niobium (Columbium), Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium
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  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. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182792
MAS/MILS ID 3510230116
Record type Site
Current site name Araxa-Camig

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -46.89591, -19.54362 (WGS84)
Elevation 935
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Collophane Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Monazite Unknown
Pyrochlore Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -46.89591, -19.54362
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 4.1HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 4.1
    Date of Last Modification 961011

Comments on the geologic information

  • PHOSPHATE MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN LATERITES FORMED BY WEATHERING OF A CARBONATITE BODY AND AS BRECCIA FILL IN THE CENTRAL COLLAPSED CORE OF THE CARBONATITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1946
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1976
Milling method Flotation

Comments on exploration

  • OTHER IN HX REC 10="ELABORATE EXPLORATION PROGRAM"

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Araxa Sa Fertilizantes E Productos Quimico (Arafertil)
    Interest 100
    Home office Brazil
    Year 1985

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Inferred 600000000mt ore
    Total resources 600000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 13 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1989
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Demonstrated 18603000mt ore
    Total resources 18603000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 14 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1981

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCES MAY INCLUDED THOSE OF ARAXA-ARAFERTIL.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 4.1HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Hardness of Ore HARDPAN
    Capacity 3468
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1985

Comments on the workings information

  • RAINFALL GREATEST DEC. TO MAR. - SUMMER IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NOVEMBER 1989, PP. 58-61.

  • Deposit

    AMARAL, G, BUSHEE, J, CORDANI, U G, KAWASHITA, K, AND

  • Deposit

    REYNOLDS, J H, POTASSIUM-ARGON AGES OF ALKALINE ROCKS

  • Deposit

    FROM SOUTHERN BRAZIL. GEOCHIMICA ECOSMOCHIMICA ACTA,

  • Deposit

    VOL. 31, 1967, P. 117-142.

  • Deposit

    BARCELLOS DA SILVA, A MARCHETTO, M AND MOREIRA DE SOUZA, O,

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICA DO COMPLEXO CARBONATITICO DE ARAXA (BARREIRO),

  • Deposit

    MINAS GERAIS, MIN E MET, 1980

  • Deposit

    GROSSI SAD, J H AND TORRES, N, GEOLOGIA E RECURSOS MINERAIS

  • Deposit

    DO DISTRITO DO BARREIRO, ARAXA, MG, GEOLOGIA E SONDAGENS,

  • Deposit

    LTDA; RESTRICTED EDITION FOR BRAZIL DEPTO NAC PROD MIN,

  • Deposit

    MME, 3RD DISTRICT, N D (1975?)

  • Deposit

    ----, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BARREIRO COMPLEX,

  • Deposit

    ARAXA, BRAZIL: INT'L SYMP CARBONATITES, POCOS DE CALDAS,

  • Deposit

    1976

  • Deposit

    GUIA QUATRO RODAS DO BRAZIL, 1981

  • Deposit

    GUIMARAES, D, NOTA PRELIMINAR SOBRE A JAZIDA DE BARREIRO,

  • Deposit

    MUNICIPIO DE ARAXA, MINAS GERAIS: BRAZIL, ESTADO DE MINAS

  • Deposit

    GERAIS, INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA INDUSTRIAL, AVULSO 2, BELO

  • Deposit

    HORIZONTE, 1948

  • Deposit

    ----, RELATORIO SOBRE A JAZIDA DE PIROCLORO DE BARREIRO,

  • Deposit

    ARAXA, MINAS GERAIS; BRAZIL, DEPTO NAC PROD MINERAL,

  • Deposit

    BOLETIN 103, 1957

  • Deposit

    LEONARDOS, O H, CARBONATITOS COM APATITA E PIROCLORO:

  • Deposit

    BRAZIL: DEPTO NAC PROD MIN AVULSO 8, 1956

  • Deposit

    MC NEIL, M, BRAZIL'S URANIUM/THORIUM DEPOSITS: GEOLOGY,

  • Deposit

    RESERVES, POTENTIAL, MILLER FREEMAN, SAN FRANCISCO, 1978

  • Deposit

    MENICUCCI SOBRINHO, L ESTUDO QUIMICO DA APATITA DE ARAXA;

  • Deposit

    BRAZIL, ESTADO DE MINAS GERAIS, INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL, AVULSO NO 10, BELO HORIZONTE, 1949

  • Deposit

    MURPHY M, WOLLENBURG, H, STRISOULR, B, BOWMAN, H, FLEXSER,

  • Deposit

    S, AND CARMICHAEL, I, URANIUM IN ALKALINE ROCKS,

  • Deposit

    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DEPT OF ENERGY CONTRACT GJBX-78-

  • Deposit

    GRAND JUNCTION, 1978

  • Deposit

    RECOMPOSICAO PAISAGISTICA DA JAZIDA DA ARAFERTIL: FATO-

  • Deposit

    FERTIL, HOUSE ORGAN OF ARAFERFIL, ANO 1, NO 11, DEC-JAN,

  • Deposit

    1980-1981

  • Deposit

    SA CAVALCANTE DE ALBUQUERQUE, G DE A AND GIANNERINI, J B,

  • Deposit

    OUTLOOK OF THE PHOSPHATE ROCK INDUSTRY IN BRAZIL, IBRAFOS

  • Deposit

    (INSTITUTO BRAZILEIRO DO FOSFATO) RIO DE JANEIRO, 1980

  • Deposit

    BARTON, W.P., 1962, COLOM. AND TANT., A MATERIALS SURV.:

  • Deposit

    USBM INF. CIR. 8120.

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORP., LTD., 1964, A WORLD SURVEY OF PHOS-

  • Deposit

    PHATE DEPOSITS; LONDON, BRIT. SULPH. CORP., LTD., P. 160.

  • Deposit

    GITTINS, J., 1966, SUMM. AND BIBLIOGRAPHICS OF CARBO. COM-

  • Deposit

    PLEXES IN: TUTTLE, O.F., AND GITTINS, JO, EDS.,

  • Deposit

    CARBONATITES; N.Y. INTERSCI. PUBLISH, PP. 417-540.

  • Deposit

    HARRINGTON, J.F., ET AL., 1966, SOURCES OF FERT. MIN. IN S.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MILLER, G.L., 1959, TANT. AND NIOBIUM: N.Y. ACADEMIC PRESS.

  • Deposit

    WARDE, J.M., ET AL., 1963, COLB. AND TANT. MIN. ORES AND

  • Deposit

    ORE PREP., SISCO, F.T. AND EPREMIAN, E., EDS., COLIMBIUM

  • Deposit

    AND TANTALUM, N.Y. WILEY.

  • Deposit

    DESOUZA, J.M., AND CASTRO, L.O., 1968, GEOL. DO DEP. DE

  • Deposit

    TERRAS RARES NIOBIOSE URANO DA AREA ZERO, ARAXA(MG). SOC.

  • Deposit

    BRASILEIRA GEOL. CONF. 22ND, ANAIS, PP. 97-102.

  • Deposit

    AUULSO, Z., BELO HORIZONTE.

  • Deposit

    LEONARDOS, O.H., 1956, CARBONATITOS COM APATITA E PIROCLORO

  • Deposit

    NO ESTRANGEIRO E NO BRASIL: ENG. MIN. MET., RIO DE JANERO,

  • Deposit

    VOL. 23, PP. 160-161.

  • Deposit

    MACIEL, A.C., CRUZ, P.R., 1973, PERFIL ANALITICO URANIO,

  • Deposit

    DNPM, BOL. 27, BRAZIL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-OCT-96 Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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