Mine detail: Santa Terezinha Mine

Previously called 'Descoberto'

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Location

Lat / long: -21.42661, -42.87975

Resource(N)

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

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Pegmatite
Associated type:Gneiss

References

MRDSTC42658
DEP10066449
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, 1946, MICA DEPOSITS IN THE JUIZ DE FORA - CARTINGA REGION, SOUTHEASTERN MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 65P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: KLEPPER AND FRAYHA (1946).}
ReporterPage, Norman J.