Mine detail: Capoeirao Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -20.51496, -41.91141

Resource(N)

Primary: Mica
Ore: Muscovite
Gangue: Biotite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1926

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Pegmatite
Associated type:Schist

References

MRDSTC42396
DEP10105375
Reference{Deposit:: PECORA, W.T., KLEPPER, M.R., LARRABEE, D.M., BARBOSA, A.L.M., AND FRAYHA, RESK, 1950, MICA DEPOSITS IN MINA GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 964-C, P. 205-305}{Deposit:: KLEPPER, M.R., AND FRAYHA, RESK, 1944, MICA DEPOSITS NEAR CAPARAO, MUNICIPIOS OF ESPERA FELIZ AND MANHUMIRIM, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 33 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: ANNUAL PRODUCTION: UNPUBLISHED DATA; CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION: PECORA (1950).}
ReporterPage, Norman J.