Mine detail: Conceicao

Previously called 'Conceicao Area Iron Mines Numbered 2111314151617And 20. 5 Unnamed Shafts and 3 Adits For Gold. Mina De Conceicao.'

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Location

Lat / long:

-19.65417, -43.28338

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Secondary:	Gold, Palladium
Ore:	Hematite, Magnetite
Gangue:	Quartz
Discovery year:	1720

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1951

Geology

Host rock:	Caue Formation, Itabira Group, Minas Series
Host type:	Iron Formation
Associated rock:	Nova Lima Group, Rio Das Velhas Series;Caraca Group, Minas Series;Piracicaba Group, Minas Series
Associated type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Complex Folding And Granitic Intrusions; Iron Formations Run In Bands Of Varying Widths And Cutting Across Quadrilatero From East To West And North To South; Thickness Ranges To Several Hundred Feet, Assymetric Syncline, With Smaller Scale Anticlines And Synclines

References

MRDS	W026223
DEP	10078068
Reference	{Deposit:: ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES -- OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 302 - 380 . 433 QUN22S}{Deposit:: DORR, J. V. N., II, AND BARBOSA, A. L. M., 1963 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ITABIRA DISTRICT, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 341 - C, P. C1 - C110 .}{Deposit:: SKILLINGS, D. N., JR., 1972 , CIA. VALE DO RIO DOCE: SKILLING *MINING REV., V. 61 , NO. 44 , P. 1 , 8 - 13 .}{Deposit:: CEASAR, P. DE A.B., 1984, PRINCIPIAS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS, METODOLOGIA E LISTAGEM IN SCHOBBENHAUS, C., AMEIDA CAMPOS, D., DERZE, G.R., AND ASMUS, H.E., EDS., GEOLOGIA DO BRASIL: BRASILIA, DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, P. 249-419.}{Deposit:: MILLER & SINGWALD, 1919, MAP, P. 169.}{Deposit:: GODOY & COELHO, 1947.}{Deposit:: LUMB, 1920, THE PLATINUM METALS: IMPERIAL INSTITUTE, LONDON, P. 52.}{Deposit:: QUIRING, 1962, DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE: PLATINMETALLE 16 BAND, ENKE VERLAG STUTTGART, P. 112.}{Deposit:: V. DE MELO, M.T., BORBA, R.R., COELHO, W.A., 1986, O DISTRITO FERRIFERO DE ITABIRA: MINAS DO CAUE, CONCEICAO, DOIS CORREGOS, PERIQUITO, ONCA, CHACRINHA, E ESMERIL, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS. C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BRAISLIA, V. II, P. 7-28.y}{Production:: SKILLINGS, D. N., JR., 1972 ; DORR AND BARBOSA (1963); V. DE MELO AND OTHERS (1986)}{Reserve-Resource:: ALVARADO, B., 1970 ; SKILLINGS, D. N., JR., 1972}
Reporter	Page, Norman J., Cooper, Margaret (Shaffer, Glenn L.), Balcom, Raymond H.