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Arara, Fazenda Sao Pedro

Occurrence in Pernambuco, Brazil with commodity Iron
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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. Mining district
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078075
MRDS ID W026230
Record type Site
Current site name Arara, Fazenda Sao Pedro
Alternate or previous names Sao Jose Do Belmonte

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -38.66558, -7.71465 (WGS84)
Relative position SAO JOSE DO BELMONTE (CITY), 23 KM N OF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pernambuco(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Pernambuco

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorite Gangue
Martite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ITABIRITE CONTAINS (IN PERCENT)
Result 55 - 76 (AVERAGE 61 ) FE2O3
Result 4 - 30 , SIO2
Result NO TIO2
Result 0.01 - 0.3 , P2O5
Result TRACES TO 0.3 , SI

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Cachoeirinha Group
    Rock description Cachoeirinha Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -38.66558, -7.71465
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form HORIZONTAL BANDS
    Thickness 10M
    Length 20000M
  • General form HORIZONTAL BANDS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Carmo District

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1967
    Total resources 20000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 61 wt-pct Iron Trace 1967

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THERE ARE INDICATED RESOURCES FOR 4 MILLION CUBIC METERS TO A DEPTH OF 20 METERS IN THE ITABARITE ZONE.
  • THERE ARE INDICATED RESOURCES FOR 4 MILLION CUBIC METERS TO A DEPTH OF 20 METERS IN THE ITABARITE ZONE; ORE FROM CESAR (1984) MEASURED RESERVE.

Comments on the workings information

  • *M60 AND M40. THIS IS THE ITABIRITE DEPOSIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SANTOS, J. P. DOS, 1967 , GEOLOGIA DA REGIAO FERRIFERA DE SAO JOSE DO BELMONTE, PERNAMBUCO: BRAZIL, MIN. INTERIOR, SUPT. DESENVOLVIMENTO DO NORDESTE DEPT. RECURSOS NATURAIS, DIV. GEOLOGIA, RECIFE, SER. GEOLOGIA ECONOMICA, NO. 5 , 45 P.

  • 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.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ALVARADO, B., 1970 ; SANTOS, 1967; CESAR, 1984.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Cooper, Margaret (Shaffer, Glenn L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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