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Liberdade, Brazil

Prospect in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodities Nickel, Iron, Chromium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079622
MRDS ID W029665
Record type Site
Current site name Liberdade, Brazil
Alternate or previous names Livramento, Morro Do Corisco

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -44.36562, -22.0141 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 KM NORTH OF SMALL TOWN LIBERDADE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Minas Gerais(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Minas Gerais

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH BORDER OF STATE MINAS GERAIS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Chromium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnierite Ore

Analytical data

Result E.LANG: NI 2.1 %, SI02 38.5 %, MG0 29.5 %, FE203 14.0 %, MOISTURE 17.5 %, CR203 0.4

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -44.36562, -22.0141
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1925

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Companhia Niquel Do Brasil

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1960
    Total resources 5000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 2 wt-pct Nickel Major 1960

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1975: THE PROBABLE RESERVES OF 1,063,400 T OF ORE CONTAIN 1.7 PER CENT NICKEL;

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 457.2M
    Overall width 300M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BERICHT DER D.G.G.M. IN BELO HORIZONTE, 1977: MINERALISCHE ROHSTOFFE IN BRASILIEN

  • Deposit

    LANGER, E (1960)

  • Deposit

    ANUARIO MINERAL BRASILEIRO (1975)

  • Reserve-Resource

    E1 + E2) ANUARIO MINERAL BRASILEIRO 1975, 1976

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE NICKEL DEPOSITS OF BRAZIL WITH ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE ARE THE SILICATIC NICKEL ORES BOUND TO SERPENTINITES AND OTHER ULTRABASIC ROCKS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1977 Saam, Henning G. U.S. Geological Survey

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