Mine detail: Morro Da Mina Deposit

Previously called 'QueluzMeridional MineLafaiete'

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Location: Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -20.5808, -43.83228
dep_id: 10024441
mrds_id: ISM0154
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Cannon, William F.
hrock_unit: Lafaiete Formation
hrock_type: Phyllite,Schist
tectonic: Stable Craton
Year first produced: 1901
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1982
disc_yr: 1894
References:
  • 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
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