Mine detail: Corrego Bom Sucesso

Previously called 'Ribeirao Do Bom SucessoCondado Do Baixo Farm'

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Location

Lat / long: -18.64753, -43.46562

Resource(B)

Primary: Diamond, Gold
Secondary: Palladium, Platinum
Ore: Diamond, Gold
Gangue: Anatase, Cassiterite, Corundum, Epidote, Garnet, Hematite, Ilmenite, Kyanite, Lazulite, Magnetite, Martite, Monazite, Muscovite, Perovskite, Pyrite, Rutile, Tourmaline, Tremolite, Xenotime
Discovery year: 1750

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
Last production ended: 1991

Geology

Host type:Gravel
Associated rock:Minas Supergroup
Associated type:Mafic Intrusive Rock,Quartzite,Conglomerate
Tectonic:Guyana Shield

References

MRDSM045590
DEP10100735
Reference{Deposit:: GUIMARAES, 1965, P. 388, BOL. NO. 121, P. 625}{Deposit:: OLIVA E VIEIRA, 1973, PERFIL ANALITICO DA PLATINA: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BOLETIM 19, P. 4}{Deposit:: DE AZEVEDO BRANCO, P.C., 1984, CAPITULO IX--PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS, METODOLOGIA E LISTAGEM, IN SCHOBBERHAUS, CARLOS, DE ALMEIDA CAMPOS, DIOGENES, RUY DERZE, GILBERT, AND ERWIN ASMUS, HAROLDO, EDS., GEOLOGIA DO BRASIL: BRASILIA, BRAZIL DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, P. 359-419.}{Deposit:: CHRONIQUE DE LA RECHERCHE MINIERE, 1993, SUMMARY OF CASSEDANNE, J.P., ALVES, J.N., 1992, PALLADIUM AND PLATINUM FROM CORREGO BOM SUCCESSO, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL (THE MINERALOGICAL RECORD, V. 23, NO. 6, P. 471-474): ANN. 61, NO. 512, P. 77-78.}{Deposit:: CASSEDANNE, J.P., AND ALVES, J.N., 1992, PALLADIUM AND PLATINUM FROM CORREGO BOM SUCESSO, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: THE MINERALOGICAL RECORD, V. 23, P. 471-474.}{Deposit:: ALVES, B.A., 1952, PLATINA. RELATORIO DIRETORIA 1950: BOLETIM DNPM-DFPM 93, P. 103-106.}{Deposit:: CASSEDANNE, J.P., AND CASSEDANNE, J.O., 1974, AS ALUVIOES PLATINIFERAS DE SERRO (MINAS GERAIS): ANAIS XXVIII CONGRESSO BRASILEIRO GEOLOGIA, PORTO ALEGRE, V. 6, P. 33-47.}{Deposit:: CASSEDANNE, J.P., AND CASSEDANNE, J.O., 1974, LES ANATASES DE DIAMANTINA (MINAS GERAIS); MINERALOGIE ET IMPORTANCE PALEOGEOGRAPHIQUE: ANAIS ACADEMIA BRASILEIRA CIENCIAS, V. 46, NO. 1, P. 87-97.}{Deposit:: MORAES, J.J., BARBOSA, O., LISBOA, J.M.A., LACOURT, F., AND GUIMARAES, D., 1937, GEOLOGIA ECONOMICA DO NORTE DE MINAS GERAIS: BOLETIM DNPM-SFPM 19, 192 P.}{Deposit:: OLIVA, L.A., AND VIEIRA, S.A.B., 1973, PERFIL ANALITICO DA PLATINA: BOLETIM DNPM, 19 P.}{Deposit:: HUSSAK, E., 1904, UBER DAS VORKOMMEN VON PALLADIUM UND PLATIN IN BRASILIEN: SITZUNGSBER. MATH.- NATURWISS, KLASSE, ACADEMIE WISSENSCHAFTEN (WIEN), 113, P. 379-466.}{Deposit:: HUSSAK, E., 1906, O PALLADIO E A PLATINA DO BRASIL: ANNAES ESCOLA DE MINAS DE OURO PRETO, V. 8, P. 75-188.}{Deposit:: WOLLASTON, W.H., 1804, ON A NEW METAL FOUND IN CRUDE PLATINA: PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS, 94, 419.}{Deposit:: WOLLASTON, W.H., 1805, ON THE DISCOVERY OF PALLADIUM WITH OBSERVATIONS ON OTHER SUBSTANCES FOUND WITH PLATINA: PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS, 95, 316.}{Deposit:: WOLLASTON, W.H., 1809, ON PLATINA AND NATIVE PALLADIUM FROM BRAZIL: PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS, 99, P. 189-194.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterBalcom, Raymond H., Orris, Greta J., Page, Norman J.