Mine detail: Passagem De Mariana

Previously called 'Marianna, Passagem, Cia. Minas De PassagemOre Bodies From Sw To Ne: Fundao, Vale Quemtem Wsw, Sw, Main, Ne,Barril, Gongo and Jopling'

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Location: Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -20.38247, -43.44005
dep_id: 10038286
mrds_id: M045610
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Palladium, Platinum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Wolframite
gangue: Actinolite, Albite, Ankerite, Calcite, Chlorite, Garnet, Magnetite, Quartz, Rutile, Sericite, Tourmaline, Tremolite, Xenotime, Zircon
Reporter: Balcom, Raymond H., Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Batatal Formation, Minas Supergroup
hrock_type: Phyllite
Structure: On S Limb Of Mariana Syncline
Year first produced: 1864
disc_yr: 1675
References:
  • Deposit:: GUIMARAES, D., 1965, BOL. 121, MINISTERIO DE MINAS E ENERGIA, P. 388
  • Deposit:: VIAL, D.S., 1988, A MINA DE OURO DA PASSAGEM MARIANA, SANTA BARBARA, MINAS GERAIS IN SCHOBBENHAUS BRASIL; V. 3, P. 421-430.
  • Deposit:: LADEIRA, E.A., 1991, GENESIS OF GOLD IN QUADRILATERO FERRIFERO, A REMARKABLE CASE OF PERMANENCY, RECYCLING AND INHERITANCE - A TRIBUTE TO DJALMA GUIMARAES, PIERRE ROUTHIER AND HANS RAMBERG: IN BRAZIL GOLD*1 E.A. LADEIRA, ED., BALKEMA ROTTERDAM, P. 11-30.
  • Deposit:: CEASAR, P. DE A.B., 1984, PRINCIPIAS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS, METODOLOGIA E LISTAGEM IN SCHOBBENHAUS, C., AMEIDA CAMPOS, D., DERZE, G.R., AND ASMUS, H.E., EDS., GEOLOGIA DO BRASIL: BRASILIA, DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, P. 249-419.
  • Production:: CEASAR (1984), VIAL (1988)
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