Mine detail: Bruno De Lima

Previously called 'Viuva Valerio #1'

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Location

Lat / long: -20.42357, -41.89224

Resource(N)

Primary: Mica
Ore: Muscovite
Gangue: Biotite, Kaolin, Microcline, Quartz, Tourmaline

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1916

Geology

Host type:Pegmatite
Associated type:Quartzite,Gneiss

References

MRDSTC42454
DEP10066309
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:: LARRABEE, D.M., AND FRAYHA, RESK, 1944, THE VIUVA VALERIA MICA MINE, MUNICIPIO OF MANHUMIRIM, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 13 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: PECORA ET AL (1950); UNPUBLISHED DATA.}
ReporterPage, Norman J.