Mazagao Deposit

Occurrence in Amapa*, Brazil with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078056
MRDS ID W026201
Record type Site
Current site name Mazagao Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -51.99916, 0.66823 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amapa*(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Amapa*

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result FE CONTENT OF ORES VARY 43 - 68 %, LOW P AND S.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -51.99916, 0.66823

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Santa Maria District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS IN SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES -- OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS P. 302 - 380. 433 QUN22S

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS PART OF AMAPA DEPOSITS, OF WHICH TOTAL POTENTIAL ONES ARE 10 MILLION METRIC TONS AND TOTAL RESOURCES, 10 MILLION METRIC TONS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Cooper, Margaret (Shaffer, Glenn L.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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