Mine detail: Canavieiras Mine

Previously called 'Lagartixa CanavieirasReefs: ManeiraHollandesNo. 3LiberinoNo. 4Piritosa'

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Location

Lat / long: -11.2192, -40.5156

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Uranium
Ore: Gold, Pitchblende, Pyrite, Uraninite
Gangue: Quartz, Tourmaline, Zircon
Discovery year: 1700

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Serro Do Corrego Formation, Jacobina Series
Host type:Sandstone,Conglomerate

References

MRDSTC40341
DEP10065234
Reference{Deposit:: GROSS, W.H., 1968, EVIDENCE FOR A MODIFIED PLACER ORIGIN FOR AURIFEROUS CONGLOMERATES, CANAVIEIRAS MINE, JACOBINA, BRAZIL: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 63, NO.3, P. 271-276.}{Deposit:: MOLINARI, L., AND SCARPELLI, W., 1988, DEPOSITOS DE OURO DE JACOBINA, BAHIA, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, ED. SCHOBBENHAUS, C., AND COELHO, C.E.S., V.3, P. 463-478.}{Deposit:: COX, D.P., 1967, REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE JACOBINA AURIFEROUS CONGLOMERATE, BRAZIL: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 62, NO. 6, P. 773-780.}{Deposit:: LEO, G.W., COX, D.P., ANND CARVALHO, J.P.P., 1964, GEOLOGIA DA PARTE SUL DU SERRA DE JACOBINA, BAHIA, BRASIL: MINISTERIO MINAS E ENERGIA DEPT. NACIONAL PRODICAO MINERAL, BOLETIM 209, 87P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: MOLINARI AND SCARPELLI (1988).}
ReporterPage, Norman J.