Mine detail: Tingua

Previously called 'Includes Upper Carrapato Mine and Lower Carrapato Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

-19.91332, -43.69562

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Quartz, Rutile, Siderite
Orebody form:	LENSES, BOUDINS, BANDS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Nova Lima Group;Nova Lima Group;Nova Lima Group
Host type:	Schist
Structure:	Carrapatos Oblique Ramp Structure And Shear Zone (Proterozoic Deformation); Isoclinal Recumbent Fold With Subsidary Folds
Tectonic:	Precambrian Sao Francisco Shield
Alteration processes:	Chloritization, Carbonitization, Sericitization

References

MRDS	TC39286
DEP	10064790
Reference	{Deposit:: LADEIRA, E.A., 1988, METALOGENIA DOS DEPOSITOS DE QUADRILATERO FERRIFERO, MINAS GERAIS, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITAS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO, ED., P. 301-375.}{Deposit:: SOUZA FILHO, C.R., AND SCHRANIC, A., 1991, LITHO-STRUCTURAL CONTROL, GEOMETRY AND GEOTHERMOMETRY OF TINGUA GOLD MINERALIZATION, RIO DAS VELHAS GREENSTONE BELT IN BRAZIL GOLD *1, ED. E.A. LADEIRA: BALKEMA, ROTTERDAM, P. 575-577.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Page, Norman J.