Minas Gerais
Producer
Pocos De Caldas Bauxite
Minas Gerais, Brazil
Aluminum
Kaolin
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Commodities
Primary
Aluminum
Tertiary
Kaolin
Commodity type
B
Deposit
Deposit size
Y
Orebody form
IRREGULAR
Ore control
Circular Shaped Intrusive
Materials
Ore minerals
Bauxite
Gangue
Cancrinite, Eudialyte, Nepheline
Geology
Host rock
Alkali Syenite,Nepheline Syenite,Phonolite
Tectonic setting
Precambrian Shield
Economic & production
Development status
Producer
Discovery year
1925
Identification
Deposit ID
10068853
MRDS ID
W002121
Region
SA
Data score
C
Coordinates
-21.79745, -46.56566
References
WHITE, M.G., 1973, ALUMINUM RESOURCESCIMRIWHITE, M.G., ALUMINUM RESOURCESDEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, 1972