Buriti, Bom Futuro, Olho Diagua

Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060767
MRDS ID TC30200
Record type Site
Current site name Buriti, Bom Futuro, Olho Diagua

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -62.91607, -9.38129 (WGS84)

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 Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Rondonianos Granite
    Rock description Rondonianos Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -62.91607, -9.38129

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1987

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Garimperios
    First year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Empresa Brasileira De Estanho (Consortium Of Paravapanema And Brascan)
    First year 1980
  • Type Operator
    Owner Empresa Brasileira De Estanho.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION RATE ABOUT 8000 METRIC TONS PER YEAR.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SN (1) PREVIOUS ESTIMATE OF RESERVES, SN (2) PRESENT (1994) ESTIMATE BOTH FOR SN METAL FOR BOM FUTURO.
  • TOTAL RESERVE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CESAR, P. DE A.B., 1984, PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS, METODOLOGIA, E LISTAGEM, CAPITULO IX, IN GEOLOGIA DO BRASIL, EDS., C. SCHOBBENHAUS, D. DE A. CAMPOS, G.R. DERZE, AND H.E. ASMUS: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, PP. 359-419.

  • Deposit

    U.S. EMBASSY, RIO DE JANEIRO, 1994, OUTLOOK FOR TIN PRODUCTION: DEPARTMENT OF STATE CALELE, SEPT. 94.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    U.S. EMBASSY (1994).

  • Reserve-Resource

    CESAR (1984)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1980'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1992 Norman J Page U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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