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Niquelandia Codemin

Producer in Goias, Brazil with commodity Nickel
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Production statistics
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10303916
MAS/MILS ID 3510170009
Record type Site
Current site name Niquelandia Codemin
Alternate or previous names Codemin

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -48.38237, -14.5477 (WGS84)
Elevation 1100
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Goias(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Goias

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -48.38237, -14.5477
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 15M
    Length 1400M
    Width 450M
    Area 2500HA
    Depth to top 2.5M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 LATERITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Secondary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2.5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2500
    Date of Last Modification 830627

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION IN SERPENTINITIC BELT IS IRREGULAR, GENERALLY OCCURRING AS PODS OR LENSES HAVING A THICKNESS OF 3 TO 5 METERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1908
Mining method Strip-Hillside
Year of first production 1982
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mining district

District name Goias

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Empressa De Desenvolvimento De Recursob Minerals-Codemin
    Home office Brazil
    Year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bozana-Simensen Group
    Interest 29.6
    Year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner Anglo American Corp. Du Brasil
    Interest 35
    Year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner Morro Du Niquel
    Interest 25.4
    Home office Brazil
    Year 1991

Comments on the ownership information

  • CODEMIN IS OWNED BY THE BRASIMET GROUP COMPRISED OF THE EXCIBRA GROUP (70%) AND ANGLO AMERICAN (30%)

Production statistics

  • Year 1982
    Description Nickel Output-27% Conc.; Ore Input Was 1.26% 486000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Nickel Nickel 486000mt 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCT TABLE A LISTS THE OUTPUT CAPACITY IN TERMS OF CONTAINED NICKEL, WHICH IS 26 TONNES/DY. TOTAL OUTPUT CAPACITY OF FERRONICKEL IS 103 TONNES/DY AT 25% CONTAINED NI CONTAINED NI CAPACITY IS 9000 TONNES/YR.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BASED ON CONTRACTOR INFORMATION. ADDITIONAL RESERVE-RESOURCES IN SURROUNDING AREAS ALSO EXIST, BUT HAVE NOT BEEN DEMONSTRATED
  • ON LINE, PRODUCES FERRONICKEL, BUT DOES NOT PRODUCE COBALT. CODEMIN CONSISTS OF HOCHSCHILD (29.6%), ANGLO AMERICAN OF BRAZIL (35%) AND MORRO DU NIQUEL (25.4%)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2500HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 17
    Primary Material Cover HARDPAN
    Hardness of Ore HARDPAN
    Capacity 1500
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 7.15
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INFORMATION FOR THIS REPORT WAS OBTAINED FROM PRIVATE SOURCE

  • Deposit

    NICKDATA, INC. A COMPREHENSIVE NICKEL INDUSTRY COST

  • Deposit

    DATABASE AND COSTING PROGRAM. 1991. ILMAR J. MARTENS,

  • Deposit

    THOMAS F. TORRIES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COBALT HAD BEEN A PRODUCT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROPERTY BUT RECENT PRIVATE SOURCE DOES NOT LIST IT AS SUCH FOR 1991.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-DEC-94 Bleiwas, Donald U.S. Bureau of Mines

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