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Ouvidor Mine

Producer in Goias, Brazil with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Niobium (Columbium), Titanium, Metal, Vermiculite, REE
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085123
MRDS ID W700659
Record type Site
Current site name Ouvidor Mine
Alternate or previous names Chapadao, Catalao I

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -47.78237, -18.24757 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Goias(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Goias

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Secondary
Titanium, Metal Critical Secondary
Vermiculite Secondary
REE Critical Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Carbonatite, Intrusive
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -47.78237, -18.24757
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Comments on development

  • ORE PRODUCTION CAPACITY GREATER THAN 3,000,000 TONNES/YEAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 46.

  • Deposit

    CESAR, P. DE A.B., 1984, PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS, METODOLOGIA E LISTAGEM (CAPITULO IX), IN SCHOBBENHAUSS, C.D., DE A. CAMPOS, G.R. DERZE, AND H.E. ASMUS, EDS., GEOLOGICO DO BRAZIL, TEXTO EXPLICATIVO DO MAPA GEOLOGICO DO BRAZIL E DA AREA OCEANICA ADJACENTE INCLUINDO DEPOSITOS MINERAIS, DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, BRASILIA, P. 359-419, ESCALA 1:2,500,000.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-89 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-92 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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