Mine detail: Mina Do Pico

Previously called 'Pico Do Itabirito'

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Location

Lat / long: -20.24748, -43.88228

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1952

Geology

Host rock:Cave Formation, Itabira Group, Minas Series
Host type:Iron Formation
Associated rock: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

References

MRDSW026232
DEP10078077
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:: 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.}{Production:: SKILLINGS, D. N., JR., 1973 D, GOMES (1986).}{Reserve-Resource:: SKILLINGS, D. N., JR, 1973 D; ALVARADO, B., 1970}
ReporterCooper, Margaret (Shaffer, Glenn L.), Page, Norman J.