Mine detail: Rio Das Garcas

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Location: Mato Grosso, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -15.86434, -52.74916
dep_id: 10065445
mrds_id: TC40688
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Diamond
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Diamond
gangue: Anatase, Apatite, Garnet, Ilmenite, Kyanite, Magnetite, Quartz, Rutile, Staurolite, Tourmaline
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Gravel
disc_yr: 1920
discr: Garimpeiro
References:
  • Deposit:: FREISE, F.W., 1930, THE DIAMOND DEPOSITS ON THE UPPER ARAGUAYA RIVER, BRAZIL: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 25, P. 201-207
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: FREISE (1930).
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