Mining Permits for the Brazilian Amazon

Summary:

Mining Permits for the Brazilian Amazon shows the distribution mining permits by county arranged by the stage of the permitting process.

1. Data Set Overview

Data Set Identification:
Mining Permits for the Brazilian Amazon
Data Set Introduction:
This dataset consists mining license permit data in tabular format for the states of Acre, Amapá, Amazônas, Pará, Rondônia and Roraima in the Brazilian Amazon.
Objective/Purpose:
These data were collected in 1994, using reports from 1992 and 1993, during the environmental assessment process during the siting phase US$ 300 Million kaolinite mining project on the banks of the Rio Capím in Ipixuna county, Pará State.
Summary of Parameters:

Mining Permit Database

The data provided here were manually entered into spreadsheet form from the internal listings of the regional offices of the DNPM (National Department of Mineral Production) in Belém and Manaus (see REFERENCES).

The data are broken down by permitting process level (request or license) and by mineral resource type (see DATA DESCRIPTION: Data Characteristics: Variable Description/Definition).

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2. Investigator(s)

Investigator(s) Name and Title:
Gustavo Negreiros, Elza Lili Gomes E Silva; Peter Schlesinger, M.A., Daniel Nepstad, Ph.D., Paul Lefebvre, M.S
Title of Investigation:
Source Data Title:
Soil Profiles of the Brazilian Amazon
Data Preparation Title:
Land-use in Amazonia and the Cerrado of Brazil: State of Knowledge and GIS Database
Contact Information:
1) Source Data Investigator:
Gustavo Negreiros / Elza Lili Gomes e Silva
Email: gnegreiros@u.washington.edu / lili@ufpa.br
2) Data Preparation Investigators:
Peter Schlesinger / Dan Nepstad / Paul Lefebvre
Woods Hole Research Center
PO Box 296, 149 Woods Hole Rd
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Phone: (508)540-9900
Fax: (508)540-9700
Email: pschles@whrc.org

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6. Observations

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7. Data Description

Spatial Characteristics:
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The administrative regions covered by these data are:
Acre
Amapá
Amazônas
Pará
Rondônia
Roraima
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Administrative
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Data Characteristics:
Parameter/Variable:
Soil Profile Descriptions
Variable Description/Definition:
Licenses Requests
Licence for Investigation (Alvará de Pesquisa AP) Request for Investigation (Requisição de Pesquisa RP)
Licence for Exploitation (Concessão de Lavra CL) Request for Exploitation (Requisição de Lavra RL)
Mineral Resource Types  
Aluminum  
Copper  
Iron  
Kaolinite  
Manganese  
Tin  
Gold  
Others  
Class 2 (construction materials)  
Unit of Measurement:
None
Data Source:
DNPM (National Department of Mineral Production) in Belém and Manaus
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11. Notes

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14. Software

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15. Data Access

Contact Information:
1) Source Data Contact:
Gustavo Hees de Negreiros
College of Forest Resources
University of Washington
Phone: (206) 543 5774
Fax: (206) 543 3254
Email: gnegreir@u.washington.edu
2) Data Preparation Contact:
Peter Schlesinger / Dan Nepstad / Paul Lefebvre
Woods Hole Research Center
PO Box 296, 149 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Phone: (508)540-9900
Fax: (508)540-9700
Email: pschles@whrc.org
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17. References

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19. List of Acronyms

Acronym Definition
DNPM National Department of Mineral Production

20. Document Information

Document Revision Date:
October 26, 2004
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Document URL:
http://whrc.org/LBA_data/Amaz_mining.htm