Commodities
PrimaryIron, Calcium
TertiaryUranium, Magnesite, Aluminum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Asbestos, Barium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Materials
Other materialsBarite, Calcite, Dolomite, Forsterite, Magnetite, Phlogopite, Pyrite, Pyrochlore, Serpentine
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1943
Discovery year1940
Identification
Deposit ID10207228
Alternate namesJacupiranga
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-24.6974, -48.149
References
BRITISH SULPHUR, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4THEDITION, LONDON, 1980DERBY, O A, MAGNETITE ORE DISTRICT OF JACUPIRANGA ANDIPANEMA, SAO PAULO, BRAZIL: AM JOUR SCI, 3RD SER VOL XLI,1891, P 308-311LEONARDIS, O, CARBONATITOS COM APATITA E PIROCHLORO: BRAZIL,D N P M AVULSO NO 80, RIO, 1956, 30PMC NEIL, M, BRAZIL'S URANIUM/THORIUM DEPOSITS; GEOLOGY,RESERVES, POTENTIAL, MILLER FREEMAN, SAN FRANCISCO, 1978MELCHER, GERALDO, THE CARBONATITES OF JACUPIRANGA, SAO PAULOBRAZIL: IN CARBONATITES, TUTTLE & GITTENS, ED 1966,P 169-181MC NEIL, M, BRAZIL'S URANIUM/THORIUM DEPOSITS, MILLERJACUPIRANGA SAO PAULO (BRAZIL): DIV GEOL NOTAS PRELIMNO 84, RIO, 1954, 20PSERRANA, S A DE MINERACAO, O CARBONATITO APATITICO DEJACUPIRANGA SUA OCCORRENCIA EXTRACAO E EVOLUCAO NOBENEFICIAMENTO INTEGRACAO INDUSTRIAL, SAO PAULO, 1975WORLD MINING, HOW SERRANA MINES AND FLOATS 5.0 PERCENT P205ORE, JUNE 1977, P 42-44BUSNARDO, C.A.; DUN, IAN J.; MENEZES, LUIS A.D.; CHAMMA, M.;AND NEVES DE OLIVERRO, R.; "NEW STRATEGIES FOR CLASSI--FICATION YIELD BIG GAINS AT BRAZIL'S SERRANA PHOSPHATE",E & MJ, APRIL 1984, PP. 70-74.INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NOVEMBER 1989, PP. 58-61.