Mine detail: Casa De Pedra

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-20.44748, -43.93228

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Sedimentary
Production size:	Large
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	W026234
DEP	10078079
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:: HADZERIGA, PABLO. 1972 B. THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF BRAZIL: INTERMET BULL., V. 2 , NO. 2 , P. 5 - 16}{Production:: HADZERIGA, P., 1972 B.}{Reserve-Resource:: ALVARADO, B., 1970 , P. 324}
Reporter	Cooper, Margaret (Shaffer, Glenn L.)