Mine detail: Pitangui

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Location: Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -20.08859, -43.41588
dep_id: 10064759
mrds_id: TC39240
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Iron
Minor mineral: Palladium, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Minas Supergroup;Minas Supergroup;Minas Supergroup
hrock_type: Iron Formation
References:
  • Deposit:: MAXWELL, C.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ALEGRIA DISTRICT, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 341-J, 72 P.
  • Deposit:: LADEIRA, E.A., 1988, METALOGENIA DOS DEPOSITOS DE QUADRILATERO FERRIFERO, MINAS GERAIS, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITAS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO, ED., P. 301-375.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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