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Inaja Phosphate Deposit

Occurrence in Pernambuco, Brazil with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium
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  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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069060
MRDS ID W002347
Record type Site
Current site name Inaja Phosphate Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -37.81557, -8.89792 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pernambuco(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Pernambuco

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE IS FOR THE TOWN OF INAJA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -37.81557, -8.89792
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALOGICAL STUDIES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN THE LAB OF THE DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL (DNPM) ON SAMPLES FROM A PHOSPHATE DEPOSIT NEWLY DISCOVERED BY GEOLOGISTS OF THE BRAZILIAN NATIONAL NUCLEAR ENERGY COMMISSION. THE STUDIES, BY JOHN J. MATZKO (USGS) AND MALVINA POMERANCBLUM (DNPM) WILL BE PUBLISHED AS A BULLETIN OF THE DNPM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTHLY REPORT, BRAZIL PROJECT, DECEMBER, 1966, MATZKO, J.J

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS A THIN LENSE 3 CM TO 1 M THICK. THE PHOSPHATIC MATERIAL CEMENTS ARENITE. MARINE TRANSGRESSIONS AND REGRESSIONS IN A SHALLOW LAGOON FORMED THE DEPOSIT IN THE JATOBA BASIN. FERRUGINOUS ARGILLITE HAS THE HIGHEST PHOSPHATE CONTENT; 30-35% P2O5.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS INFORMATION FROM MRDS RECORD NO. W002332 WHICH WAS A DUPLICATE RECORD FOR THIS SITE AND HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Warfle, Thomas M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1991 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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