Mine detail: Ouro Fino Gold Deposit

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Location: Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -16.06623, -43.23757
dep_id: 10064774
mrds_id: TC39264
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Prospect
ore: Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
gangue: Chlorite, Muscovite, Quartz, Tourmaline
alteration: Al-Rich Schists Replaced By Chlorite-Muscovite In Intermediate Stage And Quartz-Muscovite In Advanced Stage
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Ourofino Sequence;Ourofino Sequence;Ourofino Sequence
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Ductile Shear Zone With Lineation N140e, 38se Defined By Fold Axes, Cleavage Intersection, And Elongate Minerals
tectonic: Proterozoic Aracuai Fold Belt Of Sao Francisco Precambrian Craton
discr: Rio Doce Geologia E Mineracao S.A. And Companhia Vale Do Rio Doce
References:
  • Deposit:: FORSECA, E., GUIMARAES, P.J., DUTRA LEAL, E., AND MEDEIROS SILVA, H., 1991, THE OURO FINO DEPOSIT, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL, IN BRAZIL GOLD*1, ED. E.A. LADEIRA: BALKEMA, ROTTERDAM, P. 499-505
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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