Mine detail: Vista Alegre Do Rio

Previously called 'B. Machada'

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Location: Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, South America
Lat / long: -20.91301, -41.95808
dep_id: 10105401
mrds_id: TC42483
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mica
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Muscovite
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Pegmatite
arock_type: Schist
References:
  • 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  • Deposit:: MCGAVOCK, C.B., 1944, UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: MCGAVOCK (1944); UNPUBLISHED DATA.
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