Commodities
PrimaryUranium
SecondaryMolybdenum, Zirconium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model155: Volcanogenic U
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formLENSES
Materials
Ore mineralsCoffinite, Galena, Ilsemannite, Jordisite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Uraninite, Zircon
GangueFluorite
Geology
Host rockNepheline Syenite · Pocos De Caldas Alkaline Complex;Pocos De Caldas Alkaline Complex;Pocos De Caldas Alkaline Complex;Pocos De Caldas Alkaline Complex;Pocos De Caldas Alkaline Complex;Pocos De Caldas Alkaline Complex;Pocos De Caldas Alkaline Complex
StructurePocos De Caldas Alkaline Ring Complex
AlterationPotassic, Oxidation
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1982
Discovery year1952
Identification
Deposit ID10066544
MRDS IDTC42777
Alternate namesCercado and Agostinho Deposits, Planalto De Pocos De Caldas
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-21.94773, -46.4826
References
FRAENKEL, M.O., DOS SANTOS, R.C., DE V. LAPIDO LOUREIRO, F.E., AND DE SENNA MUNIZ, W., 1985, JAZIDA DE URANIO NO PLANALTO DE POCOS DE CALDAS, MINAS GERAIS, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS., SCHOBENHAUS, C., AND SILVA COELHO, C.E.: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, V. I, P. 89-103.MINING MAGAZINE, 1982, V. 146, NO. 3 (MARCH), P. 190-191.U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1693, P. 162-163.WRIGHT AND PITTMAN, 1979, NURE REPORT GJO-103 (79), P. 109-125.CIMRIFRAENKEL AND OTHERS (1985).MINING MAGAZINE (1982); WRIGHT AND PITTMAN (1979).