Mine detail: Capanema

Previously called 'Ouro Fino South'

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Location

Lat / long:

-20.18692, -43.617

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Hematite
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Caue Formation, Itabira Group, Minas Series
Host type:	Amphibolite,Iron Formation
Associated rock:	Batatal Formation, Caraca Group, Minas Series;Moe Da Formation, Caraca Group, Minas Series
Associated type:	Phyllite
Structure:	Ouro Fino Syncline

References

MRDS	W700080
DEP	10084862
Reference	{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1985, V. 186, NO. 11, P. 53, 57.}{Deposit:: GUIMARAES, P.F., MASSAHUD, J.S., DE VIVEIROS, J.F.M., 1986, A MINA DE FERRO DE CAPANEMA, NA PARTE CENTRAL DO 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. 11, P. 97-102.}{Deposit:: MAXWELL, C.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ALEGRIA DISTRICT, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 341-S, 72P.}{Production:: GUIMARAES AND OTHERS (1986).}{Reserve-Resource:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL (1985). GUIMARAES AND OTHERS (1986).}
Reporter	Leonard, Kenneth R., Page, Norman J.