Mine detail: Ouro Fino Gold Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

-16.06623, -43.23757

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Muscovite, Quartz, Tourmaline

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Ourofino Sequence;Ourofino Sequence;Ourofino Sequence
Host 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
Alteration processes:	Al-Rich Schists Replaced By Chlorite-Muscovite In Intermediate Stage And Quartz-Muscovite In Advanced Stage

References

MRDS	TC39264
DEP	10064774
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Page, Norman J.