Mine detail: Vermelho Mine

Previously called 'Vermelha'

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Location

Lat / long:

-14.03855, -48.5424

Resource(N)

Primary:	Quartz
Ore:	Quartz
Gangue:	Clay, Iron

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host type:	Quartzite,Gravel
Structure:	Large Open Folds (Up To Several Km Across) With Wide Areas Of Horizontal Bedding, Trend N30w To N15e., Fault Zone In Thin-Bedded Quartzite.

References

MRDS	TC35286
DEP	10062083
Reference	{Deposit:: CAMPBELL, D.F., 1946, QUARTZ CRYSTAL DEPOSITS IN THE STATE OF GOIAZ, BRAZIL: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY V. 41, NO. 8, P. 773-799}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Page, Norman J.