Mine detail: Caue

Previously called 'CorpoyCorpox4 Or 5 Unnamed Shafts and AditsIron Mines Include Mine 7Mine 22Mine 6nMine 65Mine 1CentralAba LesteAba Norte Ore BodiesOlder Names For Gold Mines In Caue Area Include Pico De CaueSanta BarbaraVira Lopo De TreloarSanta Anna'

Location:	Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America
Lat / long:	-19.59361, -43.23422
dep_id:	10064755
mrds_id:	TC39233
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Iron
Minor mineral:	Gold, Palladium
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Martite, Palladium
gangue:	Apatite, Monazite, Talc, Tourmaline
model:	241: Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)
alteration:	Hydrothermal Alteration Associated With Pd-Au Veins Characterized By Talc, Phlogopite, Tourmaline, Hematite, Quartz; Weathering Produces Kaolin, Goethite, Extend To 200 M In Depth
Reporter:	Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit:	Caue Formation, Itabira Group, Minas Supergroup
hrock_type:	Iron Formation
arock_unit:	Nova Loma Group, Rio Das Velhas Series;Caraca Group, Minas Series;Piracicaba Group, Minas Series;Piracicaba Group, Minas Series;Rio Dias Velhas Supergroup
arock_type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Sao Francisco Craton, Assymetric Syncline With Axis About N60-70w. 3 Periods Of Folding, Thrust And Reverse Faulting; Boudinaged Quartz
Year first produced:	1832
disc_yr:	1720
References:	Analytical Data:: OLIVO AND OTHERS (1995) Deposit:: DORR, J.V.N., AND BARBOSA, A.M.L., 1963, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSIT OF THE ITABIRA DISTRICT, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 341-C, 110 P. Deposit:: LADEIRA, E.A., 1988, METALOGENIA DOS DEPOSITOS DE OURO DO QUADRILATERO FERRIFERO, MINAS GERAIS, IN SCHOBBENHAUS, C. AND COELHO, E.E.S., EDS., PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL: BRASILIA, DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE PRODUCAO MINERAL, V. 3, P. 301-375. Deposit:: LADERIRA, E.A., 1991, GENESIS OF GOLD QUADRILATERO FERRIFERO: A REMARKABLE CASE OF PERMANENCY, RECYCLING AND INHERITANCE- A TRIBUTE TO DJALMA GUIMARAES, PIERRE ROUTHIER AND HANS RAMBERG, IN LADEIRA, E.A., ED., BRAZIL GOLD1: AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF GOLD, BELO HORIZONTE, ELSEVIER, P. 11-30. Deposit:: LEAO DE SA, E., AND ANDRADE, L.P., 1990, A EXPERIENCIA DA CVRD NA LAVRA SELETIVA DE MINERIO AURIFERO NOS ITABIRITOS: INT. GOLD SYMPOSIUM, 6, AUGUST 13-14, RIO, PROGRAM WITH ABSTRACTS, P. 2. Deposit:: OLIVO, G.R., GAUTHIER, M., BARDOUX, M., LEAO DE SA, E., BORGES, N. AND SANTANA, F.C., 1993, PALLADIUM-BEARING GOLD DEPOSITS HOSTED BY A PROTEROZOIC LAKE SUPERIOR-TYPE IRON-FORMATION, ITABIRA IRON DISTRICT, MINAS GERAIS, SOUTHEAST BRAZIL [ABS.]: GEOL. ASSOC. CANADA - MINERALOG. ASSOC. CANADA PROGRAM WITH ABSTRACTS, V. P. 79. Deposit:: MELO, M.T.V., BORBA, R.R., AND COELHO, W.A., 1986, O DISTRITO FERRIFERO DE ITABIRA, MINAS DO CAUE, CONCEICAO, DOIS CORREGOS, PERIQUITO, ONCA, CHACRINHA E ESMERIL, IN SHOBBENHAUS, C. AND COELHO, E.E.S., EDS., PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL: BRASILIA, DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE PRODUCAO MINERAL, V. 2, P. 7-28. Deposit:: LEAO DE SA, E., AND BORGES, N.R.A., 1991, GOLD MINERALIZATION IN CAUE AND CONCEICAO IRON ORE MINES - ITABIRA - MG, IN FLEISCHER, R., GROSSI SAD, J.H., FUZIKARA, K., AND LADEIRA, E.A., EDS., FIELD GUIDE BOOK OF BRAZIL GOLD1: AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF GOLD, BELO HORIZONTE, P. 74-85. Deposit:: ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA. IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES -- OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 302-380, 433 QUN22S. Deposit:: SKILLINGS, D.N., JR., 1972, CIA, VALE DO RIO DOCE: SKILLING*MINING REV., V. 61, NO. 44, P. 1, 8-13. Deposit:: OLIVO, G.R., GAUTHIER, M., BARDOUX, M., LEAO DE SA, E., FONSECA, J.T.F., AND SANTANA, F.C., 1995, PALLADIUM-BEARING GOLD DEPOSIT HOSTED BY PROTEROZOIC LAKE SUPERIOR-TYPE IRON FORMATION AT THE CAUE IRON MINE, ITABIRA DISTRICT, SOUTHERN SAO FRANCISCO CRATON, BRAZIL: GEOLOGIC AND STRUCTURAL CONTROLS: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 90, NO. 1, P. 118-134. Other Database:: CIMRI Production:: DORR AND OTHERS (1963); SKILLINGS, D.N., JR. (1972); V. DE MELO AND OTHERS (1986); OLIVO AND OTHERS (1995) Reserve-Resource:: LEAO DE SA AND ANDRADE (1990); DORR AND OTHERS (1963); SKILLINGS (1972); ALVARADO (1970).