Minas Gerais
Producer

Timbopeba

Minas Gerais, Brazil
Iron
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Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model241: Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)
Deposit sizeU
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite
Geology
Host rockIron Formation · Itabira Group, Minas Series
Associated rockQuartzite · Moeda Formation, Coraca Group, Minas Series
StructureSyncline With Axis S50e, 20 Se Plunge.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10084864
MRDS IDW700082
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-20.24248, -43.53616
References
ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1985, V. 186, NO. 11, P. 52-53, 58.MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987.VASCONCELOS, J.A., SANTANA, F.C., AND POLONIA, J.C., 1986, MINERIO DE FERRO DE TIMBOPEBA, MINAS GERAIS, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS. C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BRASILIA, V. 11, P. 103-110.