Mine detail: Jangada

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-20.08638, -44.08284

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Caue Formation, Itabira Group, Minas Series
Host type:	Iron Formation
Associated rock:	Batatal Formation, Caraca Group, Minas Series.;Gandarela Formation, Itabira Group, Minas Series
Associated type:	Phyllite
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	W026231
DEP	10078076
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., 1973 D, MBR: SKILLING *MINING REV., V. 62 , NO. 4 , P. 1 , 4 - 6}{Deposit:: POMERENE, J.B., 1964, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BELO HORIZONTE, IBIRITE, AND MACACOS QUADRANGLES. MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 341-D, 84 P.}{Deposit:: GOMES, J.C.M., 1986, AS MINAS DE AGUAS CLARAS, MUTUCA E PICO E OUTROS DEPOSITOS DE MINERIO DE FERRO NO QUADRILATERO FERRIFERO, MINAS GERAIS, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS. C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BRASILIA, V II, P. 65-76.}{Reserve-Resource:: ALVARADO, B., 1970 ; SKILLINGS, D. N., JR., 1973 D}
Reporter	Cooper, Margaret (Shaffer, Glenn L.), Page, Norman J.