Mine detail: Bananal

Previously called 'Mine Sections: DiscoveryPedra LoucaBoa Vista Cangalha'

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Location

Lat / long: -18.27864, -41.78586

Resource(N)

Primary: Mica
Ore: Muscovite
Gangue: Garnet, Plagioclase, Quartz
Orebody form: LENSES
Discovery year: 1933

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Pegmatite
Associated type:Schist

References

MRDSTC42486
DEP10105402
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:: PECORA, W.T., AND BARBOSA, A.L.M., 1944, THE BANANAL MICA MINE, MUNICIPIO OF PECANHA, STATE OF MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED REPORT 7P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: PECORA AND BARBOSA (1944).}
ReporterPage, Norman J.