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Found Here
Mining history
- Status
- Prospect
- Operation type
- Surface
- Workings
- Surface
- Discovered
- 1920
Records and references
AMARAL, G., CORDANI, U.G., KAWASHITA, K. AND REYNOLDS, J.H.,POTASSIUM ARGON DATES OF BASALTIC ROCKS FROM SOUTHERNBRAZIL, GEOCHIM ET COSMOCHIM ACTA, VOL. 30,PP. 159-189, 1966. CARRARO, C.C., ISSLER, R.S., FORMOSO, M.L.L., MAPEAMENTO DODISTRICO ALCALINO DE ALTOS DO RIO PINHEIROS, MUNICIPIODE ANITAPOLIS, ESTADO DE SANTA CATARINA: UNIVERSIDADEFEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL, PUBLICACAO ESPECIAL,NO. 16, 1967. FERRAZ, LEILA, US $120 MILHOES EM FOSFORO: GAZETA MERCANTIL,FEBRUARY 19, 1981. INDUSTRIAS LUCHSINGER MADORIN, S.A., PROJECT ANITAPOLIS,BRAZIL, 1978. LEONARDOS, OTHON, CARBONATITOS COM APATITA E PIROCLORO;DEPTO. NAC. PROD. MINERAL, AVULSO, NO. 80, ANO 1956. MORAES REGO, L.F., AND GUIMARES, D., ESTUDOS GEOLOGICOS EPETROGRAFICOS DA JAZIDA DE MAGNETITA DE ANITAPOLIS,ESTADO DE SANTA CATARINA: BRAZIL, DEPT. NAC. PROD. MIN. BOLETIN NO. 21, 1927. SILVA, ANTONIO, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, PAUL ABIB ENGENHARIA,SAO PAULO, 1980. INDUSTRIAL MINERALS,MARCH 1983, P.64. GREEN MARKETS, OCTOBER 29, 1984, P.9.E & MJ, MAY 1986, P. 67. PHOSPHOROUS & POTASSIUM, NO. 147, JAN/FEB 1987, P.12. GREEN MARKETS, JULY 27, 1987, P.8. GREEN MARKETS, AUGUST 17, 1987, P.1. PHOSPHOROUS & POTASSIUM, NO. 153, JAN/FEB 1988, P.11. INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NOVEMBER, 1989, PP.58-61.
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10279969 — view the source record
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Coordinates: -27.80566, -49.09900
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