Mine detail: Tamandua

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Location: Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -20.08805, -43.95034
dep_id: 10065469
mrds_id: TC40780
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Hematite
gangue: Quartz
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, Itabira Group, Minas Group
arock_type: Quartzite,Phyllite
Structure: Eastern Limb Of Moeda Syncline
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 FERROFERO, 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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