Mine detail: Morro Da Mina Deposit

Previously called 'QueluzMeridional MineLafaiete'

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Location

Lat / long: -20.5808, -43.83228

Resource(M)

Primary: Manganese
Discovery year: 1894

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1901
Last production ended: 1982

Geology

Host rock:Lafaiete Formation
Host type:Phyllite,Schist
Tectonic:Stable Craton

References

MRDSISM0154
DEP10024441
Reference{Deposit:: NATIONAL MATERIALS ADVISORY BOARD, 1981, MANGANESE RESERVES AND RESOURCES OF THE WORLD AND THEIR INDUSTRIAL IMPLICATIONS: NMAB-374, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, WASHINGTON, DC, P. 109. (L11, L1, C17-C18, PC1, PC8, RR1, RR25, RR32)}{Deposit:: DORR, J., 1970, IRON FORMATION AND ASSOCIATED MANGANESE IN BRAZIL IN GENESIS OF PRECAMBRIAN IRON AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS, PROCEEDINGS OF THE KIEV SYMPOSIUM, AUGUST 1970, P. 105-114.}{Deposit:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1982, THE ECONOMICS OF MANGANESE: LONDON, 3RD ED., P. 103-108. (PA1)}{Deposit:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1978, THE ECONOMICS OF MANGANESE: LONDON, 2ND ED., P. 38. (PA2, PA3)}{Production:: PA1: RF3, P. 108; PA2-PA3: RF4, P. 38. PC1: RF1, P. 109}
ReporterCannon, William F.