Minas De Monte Alegre, Lajedo

Past Producer in Bahia, Brazil with commodity Chromium
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061763
MRDS ID TC34719
Record type Site
Current site name Minas De Monte Alegre, Lajedo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -39.74892, -10.09787 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bahia(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Bahia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -39.74892, -10.09787

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE (1), MEASURED RESERVES REPORTED BE CESAR; ORE (2), MEASURED RESERVE LAJEDO; ORE (3), INDICATED RESERVE LAJEDO; ORE (4), GEOLOGICAL RESERVE LAJEDO; ORE (5), MEASURED RESERVE MONTE ALEGRE; ORE (6), INDICATED RESERVE MONTE ALEGRE; ORE (8), GEOLOGICAL RESERVE MONTE ALEGRE.

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

    DE M.P. MELLO, C.H., DURAO, G., VIANA, J.D.S., AND CARVALHO, C.J.C., 1986, DEPOSITOS DE CROMITA DAS FAZENDA MEDRADO E IPUEIRA, MUNICIPIO DE SENHOR DO BONFIM, BAHIA IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS. SCHOBBENHAUS, C., AND COELHO, C.E.S., V. II, P. 213-234.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    CESAR (1984).

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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