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Patos De Minas

Producer in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182841
MAS/MILS ID 3510230102
Record type Site
Current site name Patos De Minas
Alternate or previous names Rocinha, Coromandel, Pirubinhas

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -46.91572, -18.31426 (WGS84)
Elevation 826
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Carnallite Unknown
Chert Unknown
Mica Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Wavellite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -46.91572, -18.31426
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 35M
    Length 3000M
    Width 400M
    Area 250HA
    Depth to top 5M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 250
    Date of Last Modification 830405

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE BODY STRIKES IN A NORTHEAST-SOUTHWEST DIRECTION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1974
Mining method Strip-Level
Year of first production 1976
Milling method Flotation

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Fertilizantes Fosfatados, Sa (Fosfertil)
    Interest 100
    Home office Brazil
    Year 1981

Comments on the ownership information

  • FOSFERTIL IS A BRAZILIAN MIXED CAPITAL COMPANY WHOSE SHAREHOLDERS ARE: 20%-PETROBRAS (BRAZILIAN PETROLEUM) 20%-CAMIG (STATE OF MINAS PHOSPHATE) 60%-FIBASE (BRAZILIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK)

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Measured 256353000mt ore
    Demonstrated 256353000mt ore
    Total resources 256353000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 13.01 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1976
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Indicated 87262000mt ore
    Demonstrated 87262000mt ore
    Total resources 87262000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 10.8199 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1976
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Inferred 110058000mt ore
    Total resources 110058000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 5 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1976
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Demonstrated 90748000mt ore
    Total resources 90748000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 13 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1981
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Demonstrated 400000000mt ore
    Total resources 400000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 13 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1989

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 250HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 10
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Capacity 2054
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1985
  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 10
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Capacity 12800
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1985
  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 250HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 3
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 10
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Capacity 25640
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1985

Comments on the workings information

  • RAINFALL IS HEAVIEST IN THE MONTHS OCT TO DEC, SUMMER SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    COMPANHIA DE PESQUISA DE RECURSOS MINERALS, USING ENG

  • Reserve-Resource

    ADAMIR G CHAVES, UNIDADE PROTOTIPO INTEGRANTE DO

  • Reserve-Resource

    PROJETO FOSFATO DA CPRM: PAMPHLET, 12 P, MARCH 31, 1976

  • Reserve-Resource

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NOVEMBER 1989, PP. 58-61

  • Deposit

    AMARAL, G AND KAWASHITA, K, DETERMINACAO DA IDADE DO GRUPO

  • Deposit

    BAMBUI PELO METODO RB-SR: SOC BRAS GEOL ANAIS, XXI

  • Deposit

    CONGRESSO, P 214-217

  • Deposit

    CATHCART, J B, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF PHOSPHATE ROCK IN

  • Deposit

    THE BAMBUI GROUP NEAR CEDRO DO ABAETE AND VICINITY, MINAS

  • Deposit

    GERAIS, BRAZIL: USGS, PROJECT REPORT, (IR) BR-24, 1974

  • Deposit

    CATHCART, J B, PHOSPHATE INVESTIGATION IN BRAZIL, USGS,

  • Deposit

    PROJECT REPORT (IR) BR-84, 1975

  • Deposit

    CATHCART, J B, PHOSPHORITE DEPOSITS NEAR PATOS DE MINAS,

  • Deposit

    MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL, SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS OF AIME,

  • Deposit

    PREPRINT 77-H-76, FOR PRESENTATION AT THE 1977 AIME ANNUAL

  • Deposit

    MEETING, ATLANTA, GEORGIA - MAR. 6-10, 1977, 23 PP.

  • Deposit

    COMPANHIA DE PESQUISA DE RECURSOS MINERAIS, USINA ENG ADAMIR

  • Deposit

    G CHAVES, UNIDADE PROTOTIPO INTEGRANTE DO PROJECTO FOSFATO

  • Deposit

    DA CPRM, 1976

  • Deposit

    COMPANHIA DE PESQUISA DE RECURSOS MINERAIS, ANNUAL REPORT,

  • Deposit

    1979 AND 1980

  • Deposit

    E & M J, A REORGANIZATION OF BRAZILIAN STATE FERTILIZER

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, AUGUST 1980

  • Deposit

    GUIA QUATRO RODAS DO BRASIL, 1981

  • Deposit

    GUIMARAES, D AND DUTRA C V, CONTRIBUICAO AO ESTUDO DA SERIE

  • Deposit

    BAMBUI: BRAZIL, DEPT NAC MIN PROD, DIV GEOL E MIN,

  • Deposit

    BOL 243, 270, 1969

  • Deposit

    IBRAFOS, 1 ENCONTRO NACIONAL DE ROCHA FOSFATICA, DECEMBER

  • Deposit

    1980

  • Deposit

    LADEIRA, E A, AND LEAL, E D, PHOSPHATE ROCK OF THE CEDRO DO

  • Deposit

    ABAETE REGION, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL, 24TH IGC, 1972

  • Deposit

    PATOS DE MINAS: O INICIO DA AUTO-SUFICIENCIA EM FOSFATO:

  • Deposit

    MINERACAO E METALURGIA, ANO XXXIX, NO 372, MARCH 1976

  • Deposit

    ANON., BRAZIL, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, MINING JOURNAL, LONDON,

  • Deposit

    1978, P. 383.

  • Deposit

    SCHREIBER, E.J., AND N. PARKS, BRAZIL'S N-P-K GOALS SLIP

  • Deposit

    BEHIND SCHEDULE, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, FEB.

  • Deposit

    1978, PP. 82-85.

  • Deposit

    ANON., NEW P2O5 MINES AND CONCENTRATION PLANTS PLANNED,

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, SEPT. 1976, P. 53.

  • Deposit

    BRAZIL'S BUSY PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY, WORLD MINING, FEB. 1977,

  • Deposit

    PP. 46-49.

  • Deposit

    SCHILLER, E.A., MINERAL EXPLORATION AND MINING IN BRASIL-

  • Deposit

    1977, MINING MAGAZINE, SEPT. 1977, P. 251.

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHOROUS & POTASSIUM, NO. 158, NOV/DEC. 1988, P.8.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERAL HOLDINGS ARE "CLAIMS (ALVARA)"

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-OCT-96 Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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