Santo Amaro

Plant in Bahia, Brazil with commodities Copper, Lead, Refiner, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Production statistics
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134417
MAS/MILS ID 3510091046
Record type Site
Current site name Santo Amaro
Alternate or previous names Stommaro Operations Smelter

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -43.1657, -2.51497 (WGS84)
Elevation 50

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bahia(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Bahia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Lead, Refiner Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -43.1657, -2.51497

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1960
Plant type Smelter/Refiner

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cia. Brasileira De Chumbo (Cobrac)
    Home office Brazil
    Year 1987
  • Type Owner
    Owner Minera Cao Boquira S. A.
    Interest 100
    Home office Brazil
    Year 1987

Production statistics

  • Year 1981
    Description Refined Lead 19810 Mt Commod/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 19810mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Refined Lead 14482 Mt Commod/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 14482mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Refined Lead 15740 Mt Commod/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 15740mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Refined Lead 17990 Mt Commod/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 17990mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Refined Lead 17668 Mt Commod/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 17668mt
  • Year 1986
    Description Refined Lead 18258 Mt Commod/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 18258mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KAISER ENGINEERS REPORT, 1987

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-FEB-1995 Difrancesco, Carl A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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