Mine detail: Mina De Aguas Claras

Previously called 'Aguas Claras'

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Location

Lat / long: -19.95138, -43.89617

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR LENSES (OF HEMATITE)

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1884

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,Schist,Greenschist,Dolomite
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

MRDSW026236
DEP10078081
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 C, MB* AGUAS CLARAS IRON ORE PROJECT IN BRAZIL: SKILLING*MINING REV., V. 62 , NO. 2 , P. 1 , 10 - 11 , 18 - 21 , 28}{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 MNAS E ENERGIA, BRAISLIA, V II, P. 65-76.}
ReporterCooper, Margaret (Shaffer, Glenn L.), Page, Norman J.