Mine detail: Crixas

Previously called 'Ocorrecia Da Fazenda Do PrefeitoMina Iii'

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Location: Goias, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -14.53188, -50.28355
dep_id: 10056540
mrds_id: TC00581
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite
gangue: Chlorite, Garnet, Magnetite, Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline
orebody_fm: TABULAR, LENTICULAR
alteration: Carbonatization, Sericitization, Silicification, Sulfidization. Fervoan Dolomite Schist Is Alteration Product Of Amphibolite, Sercite-Chlorite Schist Probably Is Also. Quartz Commented Graphitic Pelite Is Alteration Product Of Graphitic Pelite. Carbonatization, Sericitization And Silicification Are Indicated.
ore_ctrl: Tight Folding
Reporter: Bolm, Karen S., Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Ribeirao Das Antas Formation, Pillar De Goias Group;Ribeirao Das Antas Formation, Pillar De Goias Group
hrock_type: Schist,Dolomite
arock_unit: Rio Vermelho Formation, Pillar De Goias Group;Corego Alayadinho Formation, Pillar De Goias Group
arock_type: Amphibolite,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Mafic Volcanic Rock
tectonic: Greenstone Belt
Year first produced: 1988
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1991
disc_yr: 1974
discr: Mineracao Serra Grande Ltd (Inco And Kennecott). Mineralsul (Inco Gold, Brazil)
References:
  • Deposit:: ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1988, WORLD GOLD; MINES-DEPOSITS-DISCOVERIES; VOL. I., NORTH, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA: MINOBRAS MINING SERVICES, 156 P.
  • Deposit:: BRANCO, PAULO CESAR DE AZEVEDO, 1984, PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS METODOLOGIA E LISTAGEM, IN DEPT. NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, GEOLOGIA DO BRASIL, TEXTO EXPLICATIVO DO MAPA GEOLOGICO DE BRASIL E DA AREA OCEANICA ADJACENTE INCLUINDO DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: DEPT. NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, P. 359-419.
  • Deposit:: THOMSON, M.L., AND FYFE, W.S., 1990, THE CRIXAS GOLD DEPOSIT, BRAZIL: THRUST-RELATED. POSTPEAK METAMORPHIC GOLD MINERALIZATION OF POSSIBLE BRASILINO CYCLE AGE: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 85, P. 928-942.
  • Deposit:: YAMAKOA, W.N., AND ARAUJO, E.M., 1988, DEPOSITO DE OURO DE MINA III, CRIXAS, GOIAS, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS. C. SCHOBBNEHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BRASILIA, V. III, P. 491-498.
  • Deposit:: THOMPSON, M.C., 1986, PETROLOGY OF THE CRIXAS GOLD DEPOSIT, BRAZIL: EVIDENCE FOR GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION, SUBSEQUENT TO METAMORPHISM IN A. JAMES MACDONALD, ED., GOLD 86: AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF GOLD DEPOSITS, PROCEEDINGS VOLUME, TORONTO, P. 284-296.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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