Mine detail: Morro Velho

Previously called 'Mina De Bela FamaMina VelhaMina GrandeMina De RapososMina De BicalhoMina De FariaMina EsperancaMina De Cuiaba'

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Location

Lat / long: -19.97059, -43.85085

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Other material: Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Tetrahedrite

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1834

Geology

References

MAS3510230004
DEP10158561
Reference{Deposit:: ANGLO-AMERICAN (MORRO VELHO): IN MINERIOS, EXTRACAO &}{Deposit:: PROCESSAMENTO, REVISTA LATINO AMERICANA DE MINERACAO, MAIO}{Deposit:: 1981, P. 63.}{Deposit:: MORRO VELHO- EXPANSION PLAN, WORLD MINING, V. 34, NO. 12,}{Deposit:: 1981.}{Deposit:: TOLBERT, G.E. GEOLOGY OF THE RAPOSOS GOLD MINE, MINAS}{Deposit:: GERAIS, BRAZIL, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 59, PP. 775-798, 1964.}{Reserve-Resource:: PROCESSAMENTO, REVISTA LATINO, AMERICANA DE MINERACAO, MAIO}
ReporterBoyle, Ed