Serra do Navio

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Location - South America, Brazil, Amapa; coordinates -0.95, -52.05

Age (of protore) - 2200-2100 Ma

Original size - 43 million tonnes of Mn

References

Scarpelli, Wilson & Horikava, Élio, 2017, Gold, iron and manganese in central Amapá, Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Geology. 47. 703-721. 10.1590/2317-4889201720170114.

Chisonga, B. C., Gutzmer, J., Beukes, N. J., & Huizenga, J. M., 2012, Nature and origin of the protolith succession to the Paleoproterozoic Serra do Navio manganese deposit, Amapa Province, Brazil. Ore Geology Reviews, 47, 59-76.

Scarpelli, W., 2008. Arsênio do minério de manganês de Serra do Navio. Novos Cadernos NAEA, 6(1).

Chisonga, B.C., 2005, Metasedimentary manganese ores of the Serra do Navio deposit, Amapa Province, Brazil. Unpublished MSc Thesis, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa, 121 pp.

Herz, N. and Banerjee, S., 1973. Amphibolites of the Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, and the Serra do Navio manganese deposits, Brazil. Economic Geology, 68(8), pp.1289-1296.

Scarpelli, W., 1973, The Serra do Navio manganese deposit (Brazil), in Genesis of Precambrian Iron and Manganese Deposits, Proceedings of the Kiev Symposium 1970: Paris, UNESCO, p. 217-228.

Nagell, R.H., 1962, Geology of the Serra do Navio manganese district, Brazil: Economic Geology, v. 57, p. 481-495.

Dorr, J.V.N., Park, C.F., and de Paiva-Teixeira, de G., 1949, Manganese deposits of the Serra do Navio district, territory of Amapa, Brazil: U S Geological Survey,Bulletin 964, 51 pp.

Scarpelli & Horikava 2017