Mine detail: Aparecida

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Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -23.99547, -46.95898
dep_id: 10066419
mrds_id: TC42626
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mica
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Muscovite
gangue: Feldspar, Kaolin, Quartz
orebody_fm: LENS
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Pegmatite
arock_type: Gneiss
References:
  • 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  • Deposit:: MURDOCK, T.G., 1943, TRIP REPORT NO. 7, MICA DEPOSITS IN THE STATE OF SAO PAULO: UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT, 14P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: MURDOCK (1943).
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