Trauira

Prospect in Maranhao, Brazil with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000668
MRDS ID ISM0390
Record type District
Current site name Trauira
Alternate or previous names Trauira Island, Chapada De Pirocaua, Turiacu & Godofredo Viana

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -45.31574, -1.66502 (WGS84)
Relative position COORDINATES OF TURIACU. TWO ISLANDS NEAR TURIACU

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maranhao(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Maranhao

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -45.31574, -1.66502

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner NORDEN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON

  • Deposit

    SOBRINHO, M.L. AND GUIMARAES, G.,1975: FOSFATO NO BRASIL. II CONGR. IBERO- AMERICANO DE GEOL. ECON.

  • Deposit

    OLIVEIRA, DE. N.P., 1980: MINERALOGIE UND GEOCHEMIE DER PHOSPHATFUEHRENDEN LATERITE VON ITACUPIM UND TRAUIRA. THESIS, UNIV. ERLANGEN

Beyond USGS

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