Mine detail: Mina Janelao

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -15.07544, -44.24205

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Ore: Anglesite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Descloizite, Galena, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Willemite
Gangue: Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Limonite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1956

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Bambui Group
Host type:Dolomite
Structure:West Side Of Anticline
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSTC40868
DEP10099551
Reference{Deposit:: ROBERTSON, J.F., 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS IN THE MUNICIPIO DE JANUARIA, STATE OF MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1110-B, 110 P}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: ROBERTSON (1963).}
ReporterPage, Norman J.