Mine detail: Pequeri Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -21.80243, -43.14864

Resource(N)

Primary: Mica, Kaolin
Ore: Kaolin, Muscovite
Gangue: Beryl, Biotite, Garnet, Quartz, Tourmaline
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1936

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Pegmatite
Associated type:Mica Schist

References

MRDSTC42638
DEP10066430
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., LARRABEE, D.M., BARBOSA, A.L.M., 1944, THE PEQUERI MICA MINE, MUNICIPIO OF BICAS, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 17P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: KLEPPER ET AL (1944).}
ReporterPage, Norman J.