Mine detail: Corrego Do Meio

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-19.86416, -43.76562

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Minas Series
Host type:	Iron Formation
Associated type:	Granite
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

References

MRDS	W026229
DEP	10078074
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:: SAMITRI, ( 1973 ), SAMITRI: BELO HORIZONTE, BRAZIL, S. A. MINERACAO DA TRINDADE, UNPAGED BROCHURE.}{Production:: SAMITRI, 1973}{Reserve-Resource:: ALVARADO, B., 1970 ; SAMITRI, 1973}
Reporter	Cooper, Margaret (Shaffer, Glenn L.)