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Itataia

Prospect in Ceara, Brazil with commodities Aluminum, Calcium, Iron, Magnesite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182867
MAS/MILS ID 3510110002
Record type Site
Current site name Itataia
Alternate or previous names Itatira, Itataia Complex, Anomaly 62

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -39.29893, -4.49955 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ceara(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Ceara

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Calcium Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Magnesite Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Collophane Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -39.29893, -4.49955
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 200HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .5
    Total Surface Area (HA) 200
    Date of Last Modification 830330

Comments on the geologic information

  • OVERBURDEN THICKNESS RANGES FROM .5M-30M OREBODIES EXIST FROM SURFACE TO A DEPTH OF 200M. DENSITY UNKNOWN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1975
Mining method Strip-Level
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Ceara

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Empresas Nucleares Do Brazil (Nuclebras)
    Interest 100
    Home office Brazil
    Year 1981

Comments on the ownership information

  • NUCLEBRAS IS A GOVT COMPANY; THE BRAZILIAN NUCLEAR ENERGY COMPANY

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1987
    Inferred 18000000mt ore
    Total resources 18000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 30 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1987
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Inferred 70000000mt ore
    Total resources 70000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 12 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1989

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE NUCLEAR AGENCY (FOR THE URANIUN). COMPANY ALSO KNOWN AS NUCLEBRAS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 200HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 50
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 5
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Secondary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Capacity 7900
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 10000
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1985

Comments on the workings information

  • 30KM ROADS NECESSARY; 15KM TO POWER SUPPLY. WASTE ROCK, TAILINGS, AND SLIMES WILL PROBABLY CONTAIN HIGH LEVELS OF RADIOACTIVITY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    "BRAZIL'S ITATAIA TO MINE PHOSPHATE WITH U3O8 CONTENT", E & MJ, AUGUST 1987, P. 13.

  • Reserve-Resource

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NOVEMBER, 1989, PP.58-61.

  • Deposit

    ANGEIRAS, A G, ET AL, PHOSPHATIC URANIFEROUS MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH SODIC EPISYENITES IN PRECAMBRIAN CEARA, UNDATED REPORT BY NUCLEBRAS (TRANSLATED BY M. MC NEIL, 1979)

  • Deposit

    BRAZIL - THE RECOVERY OF URANIUM FROM PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, ENG MIN JOUR, NOV 1970.

  • Deposit

    BRAZIL'S ESTIMATED URANIUM RESERVES...ENG MIN JOUR, DEC 1980

  • Deposit

    ESTUDOS DE CONCENTRACAO FISICA DE UMA ROCHA FOSFATICA/FELDSPATICA CONTENDO URANO, MIN E MET, ANO XLIV #424, DECEMBER 1980

  • Deposit

    I ENCONTRO NACIONAL DE ROCHA FOSFATICA, BRASILIA 19 E 20, ABRIL 1979, IBRAFOS, 1980

  • Deposit

    NUCLEBRAS..., AND PETROFERTIL..., FEASIBILITY STUDY AT ITATAIA, PHOS & POT, 105, 1980

  • Deposit

    A RISE IN URANIUM RESERVES TO 193,800 MT..., ENG MIN JOUR, JULY 1979

  • Deposit

    SILVA, A, ANALYSIS OF PHOSPHATE ROCK PRODUCTION IN BRAZIL, PAULO ABIB ENGINEERING, SAO PAULO, 1979

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, H E, O CLIMA DO BRAZIL: BRAZIL, SERV GEOL MIN, NOTAS PRELIMARES E ESTUDOS, NUM 8. RIO DE JANEIRO, 1937

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, DECEMBER, 1985, P.93.

  • Deposit

    GREEN MARKETS, MARCH 26, 1984, P.5.

  • Deposit

    GREEN MARKETS, MAY 28, 1984, P.5.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, MAY 22, 1987, P.390.

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHOROUS & POTASSIUM, NO. 150, JULY/AUGUST 1987, P.15.

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHOROUS & POTASSIUM, NO. 152, NOV./DEC. 1987, P.12.

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHOROUS & POTASSIUM, NO. 154, MAR/APRIL 1988, P.10.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERAL HOLDINGS ARE "GOVERNMENT CLAIMS"

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-DEC-94 Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 20-OCT-11 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey consolidated references

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