Mine detail: Vazante Deposit

Previously called 'Cia Mineira De Metais'

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Location

Lat / long:

-18.01424, -46.85902

Resource(B)

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

Production

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

Geology

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.

References

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.