Mine detail: Serra Pelada

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Location:	Para, Brazil, South America
Lat / long:	-5.8981, -49.69912
dep_id:	10056500
mrds_id:	TC00527
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold, Palladium
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Pyrite
gangue:	Chlorite, Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Mica, Quartz
work_type:	Surface
ore_ctrl:	Shear Folding And Faulting Zones; Major Gold Concentrations In Gray Siltstone, Manganiferous Breccias, And Gray-Red Siltstone Interface.
Reporter:	Bolm, Karen S., Patricia Covarrubias (Norman J Page), Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit:	Rio Fresco Formation;Rio Fresco Formation
hrock_type:	Metasedimentary Rock,Quartzite,Shale,Siltstone
Year first produced:	1980
disc_yr:	1980
discr:	Garimpeiros
References:	Deposit:: TEIXEIRA, J.T., 1982, GEOLOGIA DO DEPOSITO DE OURO DE SERRA PELADA, IN SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE GEOLOGIA NUCLEO NORTE, PROVINCIA MINERAL DE CARAJAS-PARA: ANEXO AOS ANAIS DO I SIMPOSIO DE GEOLOGIA DA AMAZONIA, 79-85. Deposit:: SCHOBBENHAUS, CARLOS, AND OTHERS, COMP, 1984, GEOLOGIA DO BRASIL; TEXTO EXPLICATIVO DO MAPA GEOLOGICO DO BRASIL E DA AREA OCEANICA ADJACENTE INCLUINDO DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: DIVISAO DE GEOLOGIA E MINERALOGIA, 501. Deposit:: BHASKARA RAP, A., 1989, METALLOGENY OF THE BRAZILLIAN AMAZON: GLOBAL TECTONICS AND METALLOGENY, V. 3, NOS. 2 A 3, P. 169-173. Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 1989, CVR* GOLD STRATEGY: MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 313, NO. 8043, P. 343. Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 1990, AMAZONIA-A FINAL FRONTIER: MINING JOURNAL, MARCH 1990, P. 237-239. Deposit:: CALIFORNIA MINING JOURNAL, MARCH 1990, P. 21. Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1987, P. 70. Deposit:: DAYTON, S.H., AND SASSOS, M.P., 1985, CARAJAS; NEW DISTRICT, NEW MINES: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 1985, 24-31. Deposit:: CESAR, P. DE A.B., 1984, PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS, METODOLOGIA, E LISTAGEM, CAPITULO IX, IN GEOLOGIA DO BRASIL, EDS. C. SCHOBBENHAUS, D. DE A. CAMPOS, G.R. DERZE, AND H.E. ASMUS: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MI ERAL, PP. 359-419. Other Database:: CIMRI Production:: CALIFORNIA MINING JOURNAL, P. 21., CESAR (1984) Reserve-Resource:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURL, NOVEMBER, 1985, P. 28., CESAR (1984)