Mine detail: Piraja

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -14.14491, -41.57533

Resource(B)

Primary: Magnesite, Gemstone, Quartz
Ore: Emerald, Magnesite, Quartz
Gangue: Enstatite, Talc
Discovery year: 1939

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect
Last production ended: 1945

Geology

Host type:Dolomite
Associated type:Quartzite

References

MRDSTC40859
DEP10065519
Reference{Analytical Data:: BODENLOS (1954).}{Deposit:: BODENLOS, A.J., 1954, MAGNESITE DEPOSITS IN SERRA DAS EGUAS, BRUMADO, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN, 975-C, 87-170.}{Deposit:: DE AZEVEDO BRANCO, P.C., 1984, PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS, METHODOLOGIA E LISTAGEM, CAPITULO IX IN C. SCHOBBENHAUS, D. DE ALMEIDA CAMPOS, G.R. DERZE, AND H.E. ASMUS, EDS., GEOLOGIA DO BRASIL: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, P. 359-419.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: DE AZEVEDO BRANCO (1984).}{Reserve-Resource:: BODENLOS (1954). DE AZEVEDO BRANCO (1984).}
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