Mine detail: Camaqua

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

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Location

Lat / long: -30.78069, -52.39905

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold, Silver
Ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Gangue: Barite, Calcite, Chlorite, Hematite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1865

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1888

Geology

Host rock: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
Host type:Sandstone
Associated rock:Marica Formation;Cacapava Granite;Camaqua Group
Associated type:Granite
Structure:Graben (Zona Mediana Do Escudo Sul-Rio Grandense) Trending Ne., N20-30e Faults Parallel To Graben, N50-70w Faults (Mineralized).

References

MRDSW700095
DEP10084874
Reference{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).}
ReporterLeonard, Kenneth R., Page, Norman J.