Mine detail: Faria

Location:	Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America
Lat / long:	-20.02805, -43.85312
dep_id:	10064764
mrds_id:	TC39246
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, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
gangue:	Iron, Quartz
alteration:	Sericitization (Inner Zone), Carbonitization (Intermediate Zone), Chloritization (Outer Zone)
Reporter:	Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit:	Nova Lima Group
hrock_type:	Schist,Iron Formation
Year first produced:	1935
yr_lst_prd:	1947
dy_ba:	<
disc_yr:	1903
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 Production:: GAIR (1962)