Mine detail: Pontal

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Location: Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -19.76556, -44.9323
dep_id: 10064771
mrds_id: TC39260
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Antimony, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: LENSES
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Rio Das Velhas Super Group;Rio Das Velhas Super Group
hrock_type: Tuff
tectonic: Greenstone Belt
disc_yr: 1850
References:
  • Deposit:: FRIZZO, C., TAKAI, V., AND SCARPELLI, W., 1991, AURIFEROUS MINERALIZATION AT PITANGUI-MINAS GERAIS, IN BRAZIL GOLD*1, ED. E.A. LADEIRA: BAILKEMA, ROTTERDAM, P. 579-583
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Reserve-Resource:: FRIZZO AND OTHERS (1991)
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