Mine detail: Fazenda Brasileiro

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -11.4603, -39.0778

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Albite, Goethite, Gypsum, Hematite, Jarosite, Melanterite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1976

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1984

Geology

Host rock:Canto Sequence;Canto Sequence;Fazenda Brasileiro Sequence;Fazenda Brasileiro Sequence;Riacho Do Inco Sequence
Host type:Schist
Associated rock:Fazenda Brasileiro Unit;Fazenda Brasileiro;Riacho Do Ingo Unit;Fazenda Cantount;Santa Luz
Associated type:Diorite,Siltstone,Granite
Tectonic:Rio Itapicuru Greenstone Belt In Sao Francisco Craton.
Alteration processes:Decrease In Chlorite Content And Increase In Albite, Carbonates, And Sulfides

References

MRDSTC00087
DEP10106956
Reference{Deposit:: SKILLINGS, D.N., JR., 1988, CVRD EXPANDING ANNUAL PRODUCTION OF FAZENDA BRASILEIRO GOLD MINE IN BAHIA TO 6 METRIC TONS: SKILLING*MINING REVIEW, AUGUST 20, 1988, P. 4-7.}{Deposit:: TEIXEIRA, J.B.G., KISHIDA, A., MARIMON, M.P.C., XAVIER, R.P., AND MCTEATH, I., 1990, THE FAZENDA BRASILEIRO GOLD DEPOSIT, BAHIA, GEOLOGY, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION, AND FLUID INCLUSIONS: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 85, NO. 5, P. 990-1009.}{Deposit:: REINHARDT, M.C., AND DAVISON, I., 1990, STRUCTURAL AND LITHOLOGIC CONTROLS ON GOLD DEPOSITION IN THE SHEAR-ZONE-HOSTED FAZENDA BRASILEIRO MINE, BAHIA STATE, NORTHEAST BRASIL: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 85, NO. 5, P. 952-967.}{Deposit:: DE MIRANDA SANTOS, O., VICTORASSO, E.C.L., DA SILVA, R.M., GUERRA, H.R.M., CHAVES, J.L., MANTOVANI, T.J., E SILVA, R.A., KALIL, A.R., JR., SANTOS, V.A.M., NAVARRO, L.A.G., AND PENA, L.S.T., 1988, MINA OURO DE FAZENDA BRASILEIRO, BAHIA, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS., C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BRASILIA, V. III, P. 431-}{Production:: TEIXEIRA, J.B.G. AND OTHERS (1990); DE MIRANDA SANTOS AND OTHERS (1988).}{Reserve-Resource:: SKILLINGS, 1988, P. 6-7.}
ReporterBolm, Karen S., Page, Norman J.