Para
Producer

Serra Dos Carajas Area

Para, Brazil
Iron
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Description

Companhia Meridional De Mineracao, A Subsidiary Of U. S. Steel, During Prospecting Program

Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formBEDDED
Ore controlMajor Folds And Faults; Mafic Dikes And Sills Affect The Physical Boundaries Of Deposits
Materials
Ore mineralsGoethite, Hematite, Martite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockIron Formation
StructureBroad Synclinorium. Iron Deposits In Serra Norte And Serra Sul, Plateaus On North And South Limbs Of Synclinorium That Trends And Plunges To The Northwest, Faults And Folds
Tectonic settingMajor Folding And Faulting Affected Carajas Formation
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1978
Discovery year1967
Identification
Deposit ID10107342
MRDS IDW026222
Alternate namesIncludes Carajas Serra Leste, Serra De Sao Felix, Carajas Serra Sul, Carajas Serra Norte N1
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-6.08142, -49.99912
References
RUFF, A. W., TREMAINE, J. H., BERNARDELLI, A. L., BEISIEGEL, V., AND CRUMMOND, N. F., 1973 , EXPLORATION OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST IRON - ORE DISTRICTS, BRAZIL'S SERRA DOS CARAJAS: SOC. MINING ENGINEERS A.I.M.E. PREPRINT 73 - I - 94 , 25 P.TOLBERT, G. E., TREMAINE, J. W., MELCHER, G. C., AND GOMES, C. B., 1973 , GEOLOGY AND IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SERRA DOS CARAJAS, PARA, BRAZIL, IN GENESIS OF PRECAMBRIAN IRON AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS: SYMPOSIUM KIEV, 1970 , PROC., P. 271 - 280 . (UNESCO EARTH SCI. SER., V. 9 ).RANGEL, ORLANDO, 1973 , BRAZILIAN AND WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES -- EXPORTS AND INTERNATIONAL MARKET STEEL INDUSTRY'S DEMANDS: CIA. VALE DO RIO DOCE SPECIAL REPORT, 29 P.; TRANSLATION OF ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN O MINERIO, NOV. - DEC. 1972 , A CVRD PUBLICATIONMETALS SOURCEBOOK, 1973 A, AMAZONIA MINERACAO'S SERRA DOS CARAJAS IRON - ORE DEPOSIT: METALS SOURCEBOOK, NO. 21 , P. 3 .CESAR, P. DE A.B., 1984, PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS, METODOLOGIA, E LISTAGEM, CAPITULO IX, IN GEOLOGIA DO BRASIL, EDS., C. SCHOBBENHAUS, D. DE A. CAMPOS, G.R. DERZE, AND H.E. ASMUS: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, PP. 359-419.TOLBERT, G.E., TREMAINE, J.W., MELCHER, G.C., AND GOMES, C.B., 1971, THE RECENTLY DISCOVERED SERRA DOS CARAJAS IRON DEPOSITS, NORTHERN BRAZIL: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 66, NO. 7, P. 985-994.BARROS DE ARAUJO, O.J. AND NOBRE MAIA, R.G., 1991, SERRA DOS CARAJAS; FOLHA SB 22-Z-A: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, BRASILIA, 136 P., 2 MAPS, SCALE 1:250,000.1969 DIREXPL MERIDIONAL AND CVRD - DETERMINED EXTENT OF DEPOSITS1972 RECONCIMRIRANGEL, O., 1973