Mine detail: Rocha Lead Deposit

Previously called 'Vein System Or Areas: Sao FranciscoBassetiMataoEsperancaEgara'

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Location

Lat / long:

-24.72546, -49.12735

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Gold
Ore:	Anglesite, Argentite, Cerussite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyromorphite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Fluorite, Quartz
Other material:	Bornite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Middle Member Of Acungui Formation
Host type:	Schist,Dolomite

References

MRDS	W002307
DEP	10069025
Reference	{Analytical Data:: ACCIARI AND OTHERS (1988).}{Deposit:: R.H. NAGELL AND M.G. WHITE, 1974, LEAD-ZINC RESOURCES IN BRAZIL}{Deposit:: ACCIARI, D. JR., RIBEIRO, J.C., DIAS, J.R.M., AND BRANDAO, W., 1988, MINA DE CHUMBO E PRATA DO ROCHA, ADRIANOPOLIS, PARANA, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS., C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BRASILIA, V. III, P. 135-145.}
Reporter	Warfle, Thomas M., Page, Norman J.