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Serra Do Navio

Plant in Brazil with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182216
MAS/MILS ID 3510050001
Record type Site
Current site name Serra Do Navio

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -52.01587, 0.92654 (WGS84)
Elevation 200

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Brazil

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Rhodochrosite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -52.01587, 0.92654
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 20M
    Length 10000M
    Width 200M
    Depth to top 2M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Date of Last Modification 830627
  • Area 2500HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2500
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1934
Year of first production 1957
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Wash
Milling method Gravity

Mining district

District name Serra Do Navio

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Industria And Comercio De Minerias Sa
    Interest 100
    Home office Brazil
    Year 1990

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Indicated 2000000mt concentrate
    Demonstrated 2000000mt concentrate
    Total resources 2000000mt concentrate
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 39 wt-pct Manganese Major 1990
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Indicated 5000000mt concentrate
    Demonstrated 5000000mt concentrate
    Total resources 5000000mt concentrate
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 30 wt-pct Manganese Major 1990
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Indicated 2000000mt concentrate
    Demonstrated 2000000mt concentrate
    Total resources 2000000mt concentrate
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 36 wt-pct Manganese Major 1990
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Indicated 5000000mt concentrate
    Demonstrated 5000000mt concentrate
    Total resources 5000000mt concentrate
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 30 wt-pct Manganese Major 1990

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ANUARIO MINERAL BRAZILIERO, 1987; COMPANY DATA.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 50
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 2
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 6.5
    Capacity 3800
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Year of Information 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DORR, J.V.N.,II, ET AL, 1949, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE

  • Deposit

    SERRA DO NAVIO DISTRICT, TERRITORY AT AMAPA, BRAZIL:U.S.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOL. FURV. BULLITEN 964-A.

  • Deposit

    NAGELL, R.H., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE SERRA DO NAVIO MANGANESE

  • Deposit

    DISTRICT. ECON. GEOL., VOL.57, P.491-498.

  • Deposit

    PARK, C.F., MANGANESE ORE DEPOSITS AT THE SERRA DO NAVIO

  • Deposit

    FED. TERR. AT AMAPA, BRAZIL: INTER. GEOL. CONG.,

  • Deposit

    20TH SUMPOSIUM OF MANGANESE DEPOSITS., V.3 1956,

  • Deposit

    PP. 347-376.

  • Deposit

    SCARPELL, W. 1970, THE SERRA DO NAVIO MANGANESE DEPOSIT

  • Deposit

    (BRAZIL) IN GENESIS OF THE PRECAMBRIAN IRON AND

  • Deposit

    MANGANESE DEP. UNESCO E SERIES NO.9 P.217-227.

  • Deposit

    DUKE, V. "ICOMI CONTRIBUTION TO THE ROUND-TABLE ON SUPPLY

  • Deposit

    AND DEMAND OF TERRESTRIAL MANGANESE ORES. EUROPEAN

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC COUNCIL, BRUSSELS, DE.4-5 P. 20.

  • Deposit

    MINING WORLD. "BIG BRAZILIAN MANGANESE PROJACT HITS PEAK

  • Deposit

    OUT" QUGUST 1958. PP. 34-37.

  • Deposit

    MATIONAL MATERIALS ADVISORY BOARD. NATIONAL ACADENY OF

  • Deposit

    SCIENCES-NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL. MANGANESE RESERVES

  • Deposit

    AND RESOURCES OF THE WORLS AND THEIR INDUSTRIAL

  • Deposit

    OMPLICATIONS. NATIONAL ACADENY PRESS, WASHINGTTON, DC

  • Deposit

    NMAB-374, 1981, PP. 101-104.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-OCT-1996 Coffman, Joe U.S. Bureau of Mines

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