Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo
Past Producer

Morro Do Ferro

Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo, Brazil
IronThoriumREE
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Commodities
PrimaryIron, Thorium, REE
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsAllanite, Bastnaesite, Cerianite, Magnetite
GangueGibbsite, Kaolin, Limonite
Geology
Host rockSyenite · Pocos De Caldas Alkaline Intrusive
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10065531
MRDS IDTC40873
Alternate namesMorro Alto E Consulta
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-21.90578, -46.68788
References
TOLBERT, G.E., 1966, THE URANIFEROUS ZIRCONIUM DEPOSITS OF THE POCOS DE CALDAS PLATEAU, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1185-C, 28 P.WEDOW, HELMUTH, JR., 1967, THE MORRO DO FERRO THORIUM AND RARE-EARTH ORE DEPOSIT, POCOS DE CALDAS DISTRICT, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1185- D, 34 P.CIMRIWEDOW (1967)