| Lat / long: | -18.01424, -46.85902 |
| Primary: | Zinc |
| Secondary: | Copper, Lead |
| Tertiary: | Sulfur, Silver |
| Ore: | Brochantite, Chalcocite, Covellite, Cuprite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Hydrozincite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Willemite, Zincite |
| Gangue: | Copper, Hematite, Malachite, Quartz, Silver |
| Orebody form: | TABULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1952 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Producer |
| Host rock: | Upper Facies Of Morro Pinheiro Member Of Vazante Formation;Lower Facies Of Pamplona Member Of Vazante Formation;Middle Facies Of Pamplona Member Of Vazante Formation |
| Host type: | Clastic Sedimentary Rock,Limestone,Dolomite,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) |
| Structure: | Deposits Located In Oxide Zone On The Northwest Limb Of A Faulted Anticline |
| Tectonic: | Precambrian Shield |
| Alteration processes: | Silicification, Dolomitization. |
| MRDS | W002315 |
| DEP | 10069033 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: R.H. NAGELL AND M.G. WHITE, 1974, LEAD-ZINC RESOURCES IN BRAZIL}{Deposit:: RIGOBELLO, A.E., BRANQUINHO, J.A., DA SILVA DANTAS, M.G., OLIVEIRA, T.F., AND FILHO, W.N., 1988, MINA DE ZINCO DE VAZANTE, MINAS GERAIS IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, ED. C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO, V. 3, P. 101-110.}{Deposit:: CASSEDANNE, J.P., 1973, PALEOGEOGRAPHIE ET MINERALISATIONS DE LA ZONE ITACARAMBI-VAZANTE DAMS LE NORD-OUEST DE *TAT DE MINAS GERAIS - BRESIL: MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, V. 8, P. 101-104.}{Deposit:: MOORE, S.L., UNDATED, ZINC AND COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE VAZANTE AREA, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT, 10 P. (WORK DONE IN JAN., 1956).} |
| Reporter | Warfle, Thomas M., Page, Norman J. |