Mine detail: Bela Fama

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Location: Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -19.99499, -43.83228
dep_id: 10064762
mrds_id: TC39244
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
gangue: Quartz
alteration: Sericitazation, Carbonatization, Chloritization (Inner To Outer Zone)
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Nova Lima Group
hrock_type: Tuff
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1939
References:
  • Deposit:: VIEIRA, F.W.R., AND OLIVEIRA, G.A.I. DE, 1988, GEOLOGIA DO DISTRITO AURIFERO DE NOVA LIMA, MINAS GERAIS: PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITAS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO, EDS., P. 378-391.
  • Deposit:: GAIR, J.E., 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NOVA LIMA AND RIO ACIMA QUADRANGLES, MINAS GERAIS, BRASIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 341-A, 67 P.
  • Deposit:: VIEIRA, F.W.R., 1991, TEXTURES AND PROCESSES OF HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION AND MINERALIZATION IN THE NOVA LIMA GROUP, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL, IN BRAZIL GOLD*1, E.A. LADEIRA, ED.: BALKEMA, ROTTERDAM, P. 319-325.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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