Mine detail: Cafe-Feijao Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -18.29697, -41.84336

Resource(N)

Primary: Mica
Ore: Muscovite
Gangue: Plagioclase, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR LENSES

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1933

Geology

Host type:Pegmatite
Associated type:Schist

References

MRDSTC42487
DEP10066332
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:: BARBOSA, A.L.M., AND PECORA, W.T., 1945, CAFE-FEIJAO MICA MINE, DISTRITO OF RAMALHETE, MUNICIPIO OF PECANHA, STATE OF MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 9P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: BARBOSA AND PECORA (1945)}{Reserve-Resource:: BARBOSA AND PECORA (1945).}
ReporterPage, Norman J.