Urucum

Producer in Mato Grosso, Brazil with commodities Manganese, Potassium
Sections on this page
  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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10230841
MAS/MILS ID 3510210002
Record type Site
Current site name Urucum
Alternate or previous names Urucum/Corumba

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -57.58255, -19.24758 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mato Grosso(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Mato Grosso

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Potassium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cryptomalene Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -57.58255, -19.24758

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 STRATIFORM
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Date of Last Modification 900424

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRINCIPAL MINERALS IN THE DEPOSIT ARE CRYPTOMELANE, PIROBERITE, AND HEMATITE.
  • GEOLOGIC AGE IS UNCERTAIN. THOUGHT TO BE PRECAMBRIAN, CAMBRIAN OR ORDOVICIAN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1870
Year of first production 1940
Milling method Sizing

Mining district

District name Corumba District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Urucum Mineracao S. A.
    Home office Brazil
    Year 1988
  • Type Owner
    Owner Companhia Vale Rio Doce (Cvrd)
    Interest 51
    Home office Brazil
    Year 1988
  • Type Owner
    Owner Matto Grosso Do Sul State (Co. Name?)
    Interest 49
    Home office Brazil
    Year 1988

Comments on the production information

  • ORE IS CRUSHED INTO THREE SIZES: -10MM FINES, +10MM TO -50MM BITULADO (CRUSHED), AND +50 TO -152.4 MM GROSSO (LUMP ORE).

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Indicated 30000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 30000000mt ore
    Inferred 150000000mt ore
    Total resources 180000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 45 wt-pct Manganese Major 1988
    Potassium K2o 4 wt-pct Potassium Trace 1988
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Measured 14446000mt ore
    Indicated 55120000mt ore
    Demonstrated 69566000mt ore
    Inferred 32000000mt ore
    Total resources 101566000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 46 wt-pct Manganese Major 1977

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ANUARIO MINERAL BRAZILIERO, 1987.
  • RECOVERY IS 60%; DILUTION,0%.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method PILLAR AND CHAMBER 10-42
    Percent Recovery 70
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics NO PLANES OF WEAKNESS
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Capacity 300
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Year of Information 1988

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    ANUARIO MINERAL BRASILEIRO, 1977

  • Reserve-Resource

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    AND DEMAND OF TERRESTIAL MANGANESE ORES, EUROPEAN ECON-

  • Reserve-Resource

    OMICS COUNCIL, BRUSSELS, 1979, P. 20.

  • Deposit

    ABREU, J.F., RECURSOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, VOL. 2, BRAZIL

  • Deposit

    1973, P.492-550

  • Deposit

    ARGALL, GEORGE, MINING AND EXPLORING FOR MANGANESE ORE IN

  • Deposit

    BRAZIL, WORLD MINING, APR. 1979, P. 48-49.

  • Deposit

    BARBOSA, OCTAVIO, MANGANESE AT URUCUM, STATE OF MATO GROSSO,

  • Deposit

    BRAZIL, SYMPOSIUM DEL MANGANESO XX CONGRESO GEOLOGICO

  • Deposit

    INTERNACIONAL, BRASIL, 1956, P. 261-277.

  • Deposit

    DORRI, J.V., IRON-FORMATION AND ASSOCIATED MANGANESE IN

  • Deposit

    BRAZIL, PROCEEDINGS OF THE KIEV SYMPOSIUM, AUG. 1970,

  • Deposit

    UNESCO, 1973, P. 105-113.

  • Deposit

    NATIONAL MINERAL ADVISORY BOARD, MANGANESE RESERVES AND

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES OF THE WORLD AND THEIR INDUSTRIAL IMPLICATIONS,

  • Deposit

    NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS, WASH. D.C., 1981, P37-38,99-112.

  • Deposit

    WEISS, STANLEY, MANGANESE, THE OTHER USES, METAL BULLETIN

  • Deposit

    BOOKS LTD., N.Y., 1977, P. 47-53.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS IN TWO BEDS: THE LOWER COVERS 5 SQUARE KILOMETERS AND AVERAGES 2 METERS THICK; THE LOWER LIES 35 FEET BELOW THE UPPER, COVERS 3.3 SQUARE KILOMETERS AND AVERAGES 1.5 METERS IN THICKNESS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAY-1996 Coffman, Joe U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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