CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
478 Brazil 05.40 S -- 049.05 W Bahia Cu
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
Deposit name(s): Bahia
Political location(s): Brazil
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: undifferentiated; in sandstone/ greywacke/ siltstone/ pelitic rocks
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Archean (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; mudstone-sandstone-siltstone
Individual lithologies:sandstone
greywacke
siltstone
pelitic rock
Host rock stratigraphy:Rio Fresco Formation
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in sandstone/ greywacke/ siltstone/ pelitic rocks; Cu mineralization related with low grade metamorphosed sedimentary rxs
References:
Damasceno, E. C., 1982
Archean and Early Proterozoic Mineral Deposits in Brazil
Revista Brasileira De Geociencias, Volume 12, p. 426 - 436

Dayton, S. H.; Sassos, M. P., 1985
Carajas-New District, New Mines
Engineering and Mining Journal, Volume Nov, p. 24 - 46

Resource data:
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Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported.

Estimate date: 1985; 105,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: preliminary estimated resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 0.75 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 1985: The Copper Belt - Salabo May Respond to a Chronic Shortage and Raise CVRD's Growing Profile in Gold; Engineering and Mining Journal, November issue, p. 44
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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