Mataraca Deposit

Past Producer in Paraiba, Brazil with commodities Titanium, Zirconium, Kyanite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000868
MRDS ID ISM0763
Record type District
Current site name Mataraca Deposit
Alternate or previous names Camaratuba, Grajua Beach

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -34.99885, -6.49804 (WGS84)
Relative position DEPOSIT LOCATED GRAJUA BEACH IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MATARACA, ABOUT 80 KM SOUTH OF CITY OF NATAL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Paraiba(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Paraiba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary
Kyanite Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -34.99885, -6.49804

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description SHORELINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Discovery year 1970
Year of first production 1984

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner RUTILE ILMENITA DO BRASIL (RIBRA)
  • Type Operator
    Owner RIBRA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, R., 1984, TITANIUM AND TITANIUM DIOXIDE: PUBLISHED BY FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS INFORMATION LTD, P. 26-27.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, 1983, WORLD HIGHLIGHTS - BRAZILIAN ILMENITE PROSPECT: MINING MAGAZINE, APRIL 1983, P. 271.

  • Deposit

    FANTEL, R.J., BUCKINGHAM, D.A., SULLIVAN, D.E., 1984, DRAFT REPORT. AVAILABILITY OF TITANIUM MINERALS - WORLD. A MINERALS AVAILABILITY PROGRAM APPRAISAL, P. 67-66.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, 1984, TABLE C - MAJOR NEW PROJECTS AND EXPANSION PROGRAMMES: MINING MAGAZINE, JAN. 1984, P. 75.

  • Deposit

    HARBEN, P., 1984, TITANIUM MINERALS IN BRAZIL - PROGRESS AND POTENTIAL: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, JAN. 1984, P. 45-49.

Beyond USGS

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