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Timbopeba

Producer in Minas Gerais, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084864
MRDS ID W700082
Record type Site
Current site name Timbopeba

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -43.53616, -20.24248 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 61 KM SE OF BELO HORIZONTE.

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

  • LOCATION FROM ARBITRARY POINT. CONCESSION AREA IS BETWEEN 43-30-00 TO 43-32-30W AND 20-14-40 AND 20-17-30S.

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)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Moeda Formation, Coraca Group, Minas Series
    Rock description Moeda Formation, Coraca Group, Minas Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation
    Rock unit name Itabira Group, Minas Series
    Rock description Itabira Group, Minas Series

Nearby scientific data

(1) -43.53616, -20.24248
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Syncline With Axis S50e, 20 Se Plunge.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quadrilatero Ferrifero

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cvrd

Comments on the production information

  • CURRENT ANNUAL PRODUCTION IS 7.5 MILLION METRIC TONNES PER YEAR (1985).

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 115000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 67 wt-pct Iron Major 1985
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 160000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 50 wt-pct Iron Major 1985

Comments on development

  • COMPANHIA VALE DO RIO DOCE CARRIED OUT INTERMITTENT EXPLORATION FROM 1966 TO 1977 INCLUDING 14,700 M OF CORE DRILLING, 590 M OF ADITS, 3000 ANALYSES, 120 MILLION US DOLLARS INVESTED IN TIMBOPEBA PROJECT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1985, V. 186, NO. 11, P. 52-53, 58.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987.

  • Deposit

    VASCONCELOS, J.A., SANTANA, F.C., AND POLONIA, J.C., 1986, MINERIO DE FERRO DE TIMBOPEBA, MINAS GERAIS, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS. C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BRASILIA, V. 11, P. 103-110.

  • Production

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1985

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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