Mine detail: Camaqua

Previously called 'CamaguaSector Urugua I, Sector Sao LuizVeins Sao Julio, Barnabe'

Location:	Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil, South America
Lat / long:	-30.78069, -52.39905
dep_id:	10084874
mrds_id:	W700095
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Minor mineral:	Gold, Silver
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Chlorite, Hematite, Quartz
Reporter:	Leonard, Kenneth R., Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit:	Member Vargas Da Formation Arroio Dos Norbres, Bom Jardin Group;Member Vargas Da Formation Arroio Dos Norbres, Bom Jardin Group;Member Vargas Da Formation Arroio Dos Norbres, Bom Jardin Group;Member Vargas Da Formation Arroio Dos Norbres, Bom Jardin Group;Member Vargas Da Formation Arroio Dos Norbres, Bom Jardin Group
hrock_type:	Sandstone
arock_unit:	Marica Formation;Cacapava Granite;Camaqua Group
arock_type:	Granite
Structure:	Graben (Zona Mediana Do Escudo Sul-Rio Grandense) Trending Ne., N20-30e Faults Parallel To Graben, N50-70w Faults (Mineralized).
Year first produced:	1888
disc_yr:	1865
discr:	English Gold Prospectors.
References:	Deposit:: HIGGINS, J.K., EDS., 1980, INTERNATIONAL MINERALS/METALS REVIEW, 2ND ED.,: WASHINGTON, D.C., MCGRAW-HILL PUBLICATIONS, P. 231. Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, DEC., 1976, P. 527, 533-535. Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JAN., 1987. Deposit:: CESAR, P. DE A.B., 1984, PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS, METODOLOGIA E LISTAGEM (CAPITULO IX), IN: SCHOBBENHAUS, C., D. DE A . CAMPOS, G.R. DERZE, AND H.E. ASMUS, EDS., GEOLOGICO DO BRAZIL, TEXTO EXPLICATIVO DO MAPA GEOLOGICO DO BRAZIL E DA AREA OCEANICA ADJACENTE INCLUINDO DEPOSITOS MINERAIS, DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, BRASILIA, P. 359-419, ESCALA 1:2,500,000. Deposit:: TEIXEIRA, G., AND GONZALEZ, M., 1988, MINAS DO CAMAQUA, MUNICIPIO DE CACAPAVA DO SUL, R.S., IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS., C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BRASILIA, V. III, P. 33-41. Production:: TEIXEIRA AND GONZALEZ (1988). Reserve-Resource:: HIGGINS, 1980. TEIXEIRA AND GONZALEZ (1988).