Description
Companhia De Pesquisa De Recursos Minerais(Cprm)Rio Inex Do Brasil(Rio Tinto), Companhia Brasileira De Aluminio, Companhia Vale Do Rio Doce, Terraservice, Ltda., Kaiser Aluminum Involved In Discoveries In The Paragominas Area And Have Seperately Taken Out
Deposit
Deposit typeLATERITE
Model111: Bauxite, laterite type
Deposit sizeL
Geology
StructureLATERIZATION AT TOPS OF HIGH BENCHES, REGIONAL TRENDS: BENCHES AT ELEVATIONS TO 100 METERS
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1968
Identification
Deposit ID60001571
MRDS IDW001388
Alternate namesGurupi, Vera Cruz V5, Vera Cruz M3, Camoai, Gurupi Mirim, Jabuti, Futuro, Miltonia 3 Concession
RegionSA
Data scoreD
Coordinates-3.62791, -47.61298
References
WOLF, F.A.M., 1972, BAUXITA NA AMAZONIA, ABST. 26TH BRASIL. GEOL. CONGRESS.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.GRUBB, P.L.C., 1979, GENESIS OF BAUXITE DEPOSITS IN THE LOWER AMAZON BASIN AND GUIANAS COASTAL PLAIN: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 74L NO. 4, P. 735-750.KRONBERG, B.I., COUSTON, J.F., STILIANIDI FILHO, B., FYFE, W.S., NASH, R.A., AND SUGDEN, D., 1979, MINOR ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE PARAGOMINAS BAUXITE, BRAZIL: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 74, NO. 8, P. 1869-1875.BRAGA, J.B.P. AND ALVES, G.A.S., 1988, DEPOSITOS DE BAUXITA REFRACTARIA DO PARA E AMAPA IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS DO BRASIL, EDS. C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO, V. 3, P. 641-653.