Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model241: Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formHORIZONTAL BEDS
Geology
Host rockArkose · Band Alta Formation;Santa Cruz Formation;Banda Alta Member Of Santa Cruz Formation;
Associated rockSandstone,Arkose,Tuff,Plutonic Rock,Granite · Rio Apa Complex;Urucum Granite;Taquaral Formation;Urucum Formation
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1876
Identification
Deposit ID10078069
MRDS IDW026224
Alternate namesMorro Urucum, Areas Are Serra Do Jacadigo, Morro Trombados Macacos, Morro Grande, Rabicho, Sao Domingo, Mutun, Serra De Santa Cruz
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-19.16425, -57.59925
References
ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES -- OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 302 - 380 . 433 QUN22SDORR, J. V. N., II, 1945 , MANGANESE AND IRON DEPOSITS OF MORRO DO URUCUM, MATO GROSSO, BRAZIL: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 946 - A, P. 1 - 47 .HARALYI, N.L.E., AND WALDE, D.H.G., 1986, OS MINERIOS DE FERRO E MANGANSES DA REGIAS DE URUCUM, CORUMBA, MATO GROSSO DO SUL IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS. C SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COULHO, V. II, P. 127-144.ALVARADO, B.,(1970); HARALYI AND WALDE (1986).