Mine detail: Gabirobas

Previously called 'Fernan Paes Estate'

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Location: Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -20.02055, -43.85256
dep_id: 10064787
mrds_id: TC39283
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
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Nova Lima Group
hrock_type: Iron Formation
Year first produced: 1867
yr_lst_prd: 1873
disc_yr: 1863
References:
  • 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., 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.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: GAIR (1963)
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