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Rio Jari

Producer in Amapa*, Brazil with commodity Kaolin
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023522
MRDS ID I000603
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Jari
Alternate or previous names Jari, Felipe Ii Mine, Felipe I, Felipe Iv

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -52.36585, -0.49838 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR BORDER WITH PARA STATE (THE RIO PARA).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amapa*(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Amapa*

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolin Ore

Analytical data

Result HIGH QUALITY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Barreiras Group
    Rock description Barreiras Series

Nearby scientific data

(1) -52.36585, -0.49838
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRATIFORM, BEDDED
    Thickness 35M
    Depth to top 25M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Caolim De Amazonia Ltda. (Cadam), Jari, Amazonia

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 1990, INDUSTRY IN ACTION: V. 315, NO. 8095, P. 340-341.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MIENRALS, 1990, WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 275, P. 11.

  • Deposit

    HARBEN, PETER W. AND BATES, R.L., 1990, CLAYS, IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS GEOLOGY AND WORLD DEPOSITS: LONDON, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIVISION METAL BULLETIN PLC, P. 62-90.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    MINING JOURNAL, 1990; CUMULATIVE RESERVES ARE FROM INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1990.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ESTIMATE 1 IS FROM MINING JOURNAL, 1990; ESTIMATE 2 IS ESTIMATED TOTAL DISTRICT RESERVES FOR CADAM IN 1990 AS PER INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1990; ESTIMATE 3 IS THE TOTAL RESERVES FOR THE OPERATING MINE (OF WHICH 3 MILLION TONNES HAVE ALREADY BEEN MINED) AS PER INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1990.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1990 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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