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

Lat / long:

-20.38247, -43.44005

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Palladium, Platinum
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Wolframite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Albite, Ankerite, Calcite, Chlorite, Garnet, Magnetite, Quartz, Rutile, Sericite, Tourmaline, Tremolite, Xenotime, Zircon
Discovery year:	1675

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1864

Geology

Host rock:	Batatal Formation, Minas Supergroup
Host type:	Phyllite
Structure:	On S Limb Of Mariana Syncline

References

MRDS	M045610
DEP	10038286
Reference	{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)}
Reporter	Balcom, Raymond H., Page, Norman J.