Mine detail: Zacarias #1

Previously called 'Taquara Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: -20.45635, -41.89447

Resource(N)

Primary: Mica
Ore: Muscovite
Gangue: Beryl, Biotite, Kaolin, Microcline, Plagioclase, Quartz, Tourmaline
Orebody form: VERTICAL TABULAR SHOOT
Discovery year: 1925

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Pegmatite
Associated type:Gneiss

References

MRDSTC42378
DEP10066257
Reference{Deposit:: PECORA, W.T., KLEPPER, M.R., LARRABEE, D.M., BARBOSA, A.L.M., AND FRAYHA, RESK, 1950, MICA DEPOSITS IN MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 964-C, P. 205-305.}{Deposit:: KLEPPER, M.R., AND FRAYHA, RESK, 1944, MICA DEPOSITS NEAR CAPARAO, MUNICIPIOS OF ESPERA FELIZ AND MANHUMIRIM, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 33 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: PECORA (1950). UNPUBLISHED DATA.}
ReporterPage, Norman J.