Amazonas
Prospect

Fazendinha

Amazonas, Brazil
Potassium
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Commodities
PrimaryPotassium
Commodity typeN
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsAnhydrite, Halite, Sylvanite
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1979
Identification
Deposit ID10182678
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-3.9649, -59.28263
References
PETROMINAS ANNUAL BULLETIN, AUGUST 1981.A CONSTRUCAO, NO.116, JANUARY 1983.CONSTRUCAO PESADA, NO.148, JUNE 1983.BENAVIDES, VICTOR,"SALINE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA",INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM COMPANY, LTD., LIMA, PERU.WARDLAW, N.C.,"UNUSUAL MARINE EVAPORITES WITH SALTS OFCALCIUM AND MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE IN CRETACEOUS BASINS OF SER-GIPE, BRAZIL", ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 67, 1972.SZATMARI, CARVALNO AND SIMOES,"A COMPARISION OF EVAPORITEFACIES IN THE LATE PALEOZOIC AMAZON AND THE MIDDLE CRETAC-EOUS SOUTH ATLANTIC BASINS", ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 74, 1979GREEN MARKETS, NOV.1,1982.PETROMISA TELEX, 16 DEC. 1983.MINING JOURNAL (LONDON), APRIL 15, 1983, P. 248-249.