Carajas Serra Sul

Prospect in Para, Brazil with commodity Iron

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10060906
MRDS ID	TC30357
Record type	Site
Current site name	Carajas Serra Sul
Alternate or previous names	Serra Dos Carajas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-50.44914, -6.29808 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	1000(meters)
Relative position	30 KM NE OF SAO FELIX DO XINGU., Estimated By Cesar (9184).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Para(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Brazil	Para

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Iron	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Goethite	Ore
Hematite	Ore
Martite	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Host

Rock type

Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation

Rock unit name

Grao Para Group

Rock description

Grao Para Group

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Neoarchean
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-50.44914, -6.29808	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Prospect
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Large
Significant	No
Discovery year	1967
Discoverer	Companhia Meridional De Mineracao (Subsidary Of U.S. Steel).

Mining district

District name	Carajas District

Ownership information

Type Owner

Owner Amazonia Mineracao S. A.

Type	Owner
Owner	Amazonia Mineracao S. A.

Comments on the reserve resource information

MEASURED RESERVES.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC30357

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

TOLBERT, G.E., TREMAINE, J.W., MELCHER, G.C., AND GOMES, C.B., 1971, THE RECENTLY DISCOVERED SERRA DOS CARAJAS IRON DEPOSITS, NORTHERN BRAZIL: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 66, NO. 7, P. 985-994.
Other Database

CIMRI

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUL-92	Page, Norman J.	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-FEB-94	Page, Norman J.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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