Mine detail: San Roque

Previously called 'Mexeriqueira Group'

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Location

Lat / long: -20.69496, -41.93252

Resource(N)

Primary: Mica
Ore: Muscovite
Gangue: Feldspar, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR WITH AN E AND W LIMB
Discovery year: 1914

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Pegmatite
Associated type:Schist

References

MRDSTC42371
DEP10105368
Reference{Deposit:: PECORA, W.T., KLEPPER, M.R., LARRABEE, D.M., BARBOSA, A.L.M., AND FRAYHA, RESK, 1950, MICA DEPOSITS IN MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 964-C, P. 205-305.}{Deposit:: LARRABEE, D.M., KLEPPER, M.R., AND FRAYHA, RESK, 1944, THE CHICO DENTISTA GROUP OF MICA MINES; MUNICIPIO OF ESPERA FELIZ, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 19 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: LARRABEE AND OTHERS (1944).}
ReporterPage, Norman J.