Bahia
Plant

Alcobaca

Bahia, Brazil
REETitaniumZirconium
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Commodities
PrimaryREE
SecondaryTitanium, Zirconium
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsIlmenite, Monazite, Rutile, Zircon
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
Discovery year1880
Identification
Deposit ID10304369
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-17.49755, -39.33218
References
BRASIL (1977), DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL,"AVALIACAO REGIONAL DO SETOR MINERAL - RIO DE JANEIRO,"BRASILIA P. 141.COUTINHO, J. M. V. AND COIMBRA A. M. 1974, "OS PESADOS DOBARREIRAS NA COSTA ORIENTAL BRASILEIRA, ESTUDO DE AREAFONTE XXVII." CONGRESSO DE GEOLOGIA, PORTO ALEGRE, PP.28-40.LEONARDOS, O. H., JR., (1974) - "ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE OFFOSSIL AND RECENT MONAZITE DEPOSITS IN BRAZIL,"ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, PP. 1126-1128.LEONARDOS, O. H., (1956) - MONAZITA NO BRASIL," ENG. MIN. EMETALURGIA. V. 32, NO. 137, RIO DE JANEIRO.MACIEL, A.C., AZUAGA, C.H.C., CRUZ, P. ROBERTO (1973),"RESERVAS DE URANIO E TORIO NO BRASIL E NO MUNDO."SOC. BRASIL GEOL. ANAIS DO XXVII CONGRESS, ARACAJU, SE.PP. 305-366.