Minas Gerais
Producer

Araxa-Arafertil

Minas Gerais, Brazil
Phosphorus-Phosphates
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Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeN
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsApatite, Goethite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Monazite, Pyrochlore
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1978
Discovery year1946
Identification
Deposit ID10133785
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-19.54362, -46.89591
References
AMARAL, G. BUSHEE J., CORDANI, U.G., KAWASHITA, K., ANDREYNOLDS, J.H., POTASSIUM-ARGON AGES OF ALKALINE ROCKS.BARCELLOS DA SILVA, A. MARCHETTO, M. AND MOREIRO DE SOUZA, OGEOLOGICA DO COMPLEXO CARBONATITICO DE ARAXA (BARREIRO)MINAS GERAIS, MIN. E. MET., 1980GROSSI SAD, J.H. AND TORRES, N., GEOLOGIA E RECURSOSMINERAIS DO DISTRITO DO BARREIRO, ARAXA,MG, GEOLOGIA ESONDAGENS, LTDA.; RESTRICTED EDITION FOR BRAZIL DEPTO.NAC. PROD. MIN., MME, 3RD DISTRICT, N.D. (1975).GUIA QUATRO RODAS DO BRAZIL, 1981.MC NEIL, M., BRAZIL'S URANIUM/THORIUM DEPOSITS: GEOLOGY,RESERVES, POTENTIAL MILLER FREEMAN, SAN FRANCISCO, 1978.MURPHY, M., WOLLENBURG, H., STRISOULR, B., BOWMAN, H.,FLEXSER, S., AND CARMICHAEL, I., URANIUM IN ALKALINEROCKS, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DEPT. ENERGY CONTRACTGJBX-78, GRAND JUNCTION, 1978.RECOMPOSICAO PAISAGISTICA DA JAZIDA DA ARAFERTIL: FATO-FERTIL, HOUSE ORGAN OF ARAFERTIL, ANO. 1, NO. 11, DEC-DEC-JAN, 1980-81.SA CAVALCANTE DE ALBUQUERQUE, G. DE A. AND GIANNERINI, J.B.,OUTLOOK OF THE PHOSPHATE ROCK INDUSTRY IN BRAZIL,IBRAFOS (INSTITUTO BRAZILEIRO DO FOSFATO) RIO DEJANEIRO, 1980.PHOSPHATES, A REVIEW OF PROCESSING TECHNIQUES, WORLD MININGEQUIPMENT, APRIL 1986 PP. 40-44.PHOSPHOROUS AND POTASSIUM, NO. 158, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1988,P. 8.INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NOVEMBER 1989, PP.58-61.