Mine detail: Morro Do Vento

Location:	Bahia, Brazil, South America
Lat / long:	-11.26475, -40.52087
dep_id:	10065236
mrds_id:	TC40343
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Trace mineral:	Uranium
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Placer
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Gold, Pyrite, Uraninite
gangue:	Biotite, Chlorite, Chromite, Quartz, Sericite
Reporter:	Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit:	Serra Do Corrego Formation, Jacobina Series
hrock_type:	Sandstone,Conglomerate
Structure:	Morro Do Vento Is A Fault Block Bounded On N, W, And S By Faults.
dy_ba:	<
disc_yr:	1700
References:	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., AND CARVALHO, J.P.P., 1964, GEOLOGIA DA PARTE SUL DU SERRA DE JACOBINA, BAHIA, BRASIL: MINISTERIO MINAS E ENERGIA DEPT. NACIONAL PRODUCAO MINERAL, BOLETIM 209, 87P. Deposit:: WHITE, M.G., 1964, URANIUM AT MORRO DO VENTO, SERRA DE JACOBINA, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1185-A, P. A1-A18. Other Database:: CIMRI Production:: WHITE (1964).