Mine detail: Cuiba

Previously called 'Balancao LesteSurucucu OesteOre Bodies: Galinheiro ExtensaoGalin Hiero SulCanta GaloFonte Grande SulSerrotinhoSurucucu Leste'

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Location: Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -19.85305, -43.74589
dep_id: 10064757
mrds_id: TC39239
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite
gangue: Albite, Graphite, Quartz, Rutile
orebody_fm: BLADE-LOKE
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Rio Das Velhas Supergroup
hrock_type: Iron Formation
disc_yr: 1740
References:
  • Deposit:: VIAL, D.S., 1988, A MINA DE OURO DE CUIABA, QUADRILATERO FERRIFERO, MINAS GERAIS IN SCHOBBENHAUS BRASIL; V. 3, P. 413-419.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: VIAL (1988), CEASAR (1988)
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