Mine detail: Mina Grande

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-15.04072, -44.21093

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Copper
Ore:	Anglesite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Descloizite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Willemite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Chalcedony, Dolomite, Fluorite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1938

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Bambui Group
Host type:	Dolomite
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization, Silicification

References

MRDS	W002276
DEP	10068994
Reference	{Deposit:: R.H. NAGELL AND M.G. WHITE, 1974, LEAD-ZINC RESOURCES IN BRAZIL}{Deposit:: CASSEDANNE, J.P., 1973, PALEOGEOGRAPHIE ET MINERALISATIONS DE LA ZONE ITACARAMBI-VAZANTE DANS LE NORD-OUEST DE *TAT DE MINAS GERAIS-BRESIL: MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, V. 8, P. 101-114.}{Deposit:: ROBERTSON, J.F., 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS IN THE MUNICIPIO DE JANUARIA, STATE OF MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1110-B, 110 P.}
Reporter	Warfle, Thomas M., Page, Norman J.