Mine detail: Samambaia

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Location: Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -20.09193, -44.10423
dep_id: 10065468
mrds_id: TC40779
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Hematite
model: 241: Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Caue Formation, Itabira Group, Minas Series
hrock_type: Iron Formation
arock_unit: Batatal Formation, Caraca Group, Minas Series.;Gandarela Formation, Caraca Group, Minas Series
arock_type: Quartzite,Phyllite
References:
  • Deposit:: POMERENE, J.B., 1964, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BELO HORIZONTE, IBIRITE AND MACACOS QUADRANGLES MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 341-D, 84P.
  • Deposit:: GOMES, J.C.M., 1986, AS MINAS DE AGUAS CLARAS, MUTUCA E PICO E OUTROS DEPOSITOS DE MINERIO DE FERRO NO QUADRILATERO FERRIFERO, MINAS GERAIS IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS. C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BRASILIA, V II, P. 65-76.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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