Mine detail: Mutuca Ii

Previously called 'Mutuca'

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Location

Lat / long: -20.01749, -43.96228

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Discovery year: 1960

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1961

Geology

Host rock:Caue Formation, Itabira Group, Minas Series
Host type:Iron Formation
Associated rock:Nova Lima Group, Rio Das Velhas Series;Batatal Formation, Caraca Group, Minas Series
Associated type:Quartzite,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
Tectonic:Precambrian Shield

References

MRDSW026233
DEP10078078
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:: RENO, H. T., AND BRANTLEY, F. E., ( 1973 ), IRON -- A MATERIALS SURVEY: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8574 , 117 P.}{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, 84P.}{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, BRAISLIA, V II, P. 65-76.}{Production:: RENO AND BRANTLEY, 1973. GOMES (1986).}{Reserve-Resource:: POMERENE (1964).}
ReporterCooper, Margaret (Shaffer, Glenn L.), Page, Norman J.