Amapa*
Producer

Serro Do Navio Mine

Amapa*, Brazil
Manganese
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Description

Sr. Mario Cruz

Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formLENSES, LAYERS
Materials
Ore mineralsHausmannite, Manganite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Spessartite, Tephroite
GangueBoehmite, Diaspore, Garnet, Limonite, Mica
Geology
Host rockMetasedimentary Rock,Schist,Gneiss · Grupo Serra Do Navio Of Amapa Series;Guianense Complex;Jornal Formation, Villa Nova Group;Serra Do Navio Formation, Villa Nova Group;Serra Do Navio Formation, Villa Nova Group;
Associated rockQuartzite,Schist,Amphibolite · Jornal Amphibolite Of Amapa Series
StructureNw Trending Folds.
Tectonic settingPrecambrian Shield, Stable Craton
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1957
Last production1982
Discovery year1941
Identification
Deposit ID10106767
MRDS IDISM0151
Alternate namesOre Bodies From Nw To Se: Clemente 2, Clemente 1, Navio, Chumbo 2,, Amapa Mines, Macapa, Includes Clemente, Chumbo, and Terezinha Areas, De Palva, Baixinho, Cordovil, Fritz Ackerman, Curuca, Nelly,, Sentinella., Chumbo 1, Chumbo, Baixio, Janot, Platon, Bacellar, Atunes 1,, Atunes 2, Forno, Cancao, Cachoeira, Macao, Presepio, Gruta, Gurita,
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-0.94836, -52.04917
References
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