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Fazenda Gulcari

Occurrence in Bahia, Brazil with commodities Iron, Vanadium
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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. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065475
MRDS ID TC40807
Record type Site
Current site name Fazenda Gulcari

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -40.81421, -13.69159 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 295 KM WSW OF SALVADOR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bahia(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Bahia

Comments on the location information

  • AREA IS BETWEEN 13-41-11 AND 13-41-29S AND 040-40-03 AND 040-41-45W. LAT-LONG IS ON CENTER OF THE PIPE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Pyroxene Gangue

Analytical data

Result V205 VARIES BETWEEN 1.8-6.7% IN THE MINERALS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Anorthosite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Sill Of Rio Jacare
    Rock description Sill Of Rio Jacare
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Rock unit name Sill' Of Rio Jacare
    Rock description Sill' Of Rio Jacare

Nearby scientific data

(1) -40.81421, -13.69159
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE-LIKE
    Length 400M
    Width 150M
    Depth to bottom 135M

Comments on the geologic information

  • STRATIFIED "SILL" EXTENDS FOR 40 KM AND IS ABOUT 1 KM WIDE AND DIPS 60-80E, STRIKING NNE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1980
Discoverer Cbpm

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Companhia Baiana De Pesquisa Mineral (Cbpm)
    First year 1980

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1986
    Total resources 61000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Vanadium V2O5 1.27 wt-pct Vanadium Major 1986

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CUT OFF GRADE IS 0.6% V2O5.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GALVAO, C.F., VIANNA, I.A., DE BRITO P. NONATO, I.F., DE BRITO, R.S.C., 1986, DEPOSITO DE MAGNETITA VANADIFERA DA FAZENDA GULCARI, MARACAS, BAHIA, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS. C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BRAISILIA, V. 11, P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PIPE IS ELONGATED IN N40E DIRECTION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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