Mine detail: Timbopeba

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Location

Lat / long:

-20.24248, -43.53616

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Hematite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Itabira Group, Minas Series
Host type:	Iron Formation
Associated rock:	Moeda Formation, Coraca Group, Minas Series
Associated type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Syncline With Axis S50e, 20 Se Plunge.

References

MRDS	W700082
DEP	10084864
Reference	{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1985, V. 186, NO. 11, P. 52-53, 58.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987.}{Deposit:: VASCONCELOS, J.A., SANTANA, F.C., AND POLONIA, J.C., 1986, MINERIO DE FERRO DE TIMBOPEBA, 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. 103-110.}
Reporter	Leonard, Kenneth R., Page, Norman J.