Picarrao

Producer in Minas Gerais, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084860
MRDS ID W700078
Record type Site
Current site name Picarrao

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -42.99893, -19.53083 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Minas Gerais(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Minas Gerais

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 241
USGS model code 34a
Deposit model name Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -42.99893, -19.53083

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Itabira District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cvrd

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1985, V. 186, NO. 11, P. 52-53.

  • Deposit

    LAVENSTEIN, HANS-JOACHIM, 1984, MINERALOGISCH-PETROGRAPHISCE UNTERSUCHUNGEN AN AUSGEWAHLTEN EISENERZKORPERN UND DEREN NEBENGESTEINEN AM OSTRAND DES EISERNEN VIERECKS, MINAS GERAIS, BRASILIEN: BREMEN, MATHEMATISCH-NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHEN FAKULTAT DER TECHNISCHEN UNIVERSITAT CLAUSTHAL, PH.D DISSERTATION, 234 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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