Mine detail: Tingua

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

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Location: Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -19.91332, -43.69562
dep_id: 10064790
mrds_id: TC39286
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Ankerite, Quartz, Rutile, Siderite
orebody_fm: LENSES, BOUDINS, BANDS
alteration: Chloritization, Carbonitization, Sericitization
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Nova Lima Group;Nova Lima Group;Nova Lima Group
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Carrapatos Oblique Ramp Structure And Shear Zone (Proterozoic Deformation); Isoclinal Recumbent Fold With Subsidary Folds
tectonic: Precambrian Sao Francisco Shield
References:
  • 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
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