Morro Do Pilar

Occurrence in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodities Palladium, Platinum, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038272
MRDS ID M045592
Record type Site
Current site name Morro Do Pilar

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -43.43506, -19.54667 (WGS84)
Relative position 12 MILES SOUTH OF CONCEICAO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Minas Gerais(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Minas Gerais

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Palladium Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary

Analytical data

Result SPONGEOUS PLATINUM CONCENTRATE: PT 34.96%, PD 64.44%, FE2O3 0.26%, SIO2 0.89%, AU=TRACE. DENSITY OF PALLADIUM - PLATINUM ALLOY CONCENTRATE= 15.3. GUIMARAES, 1961, BOL. NO. 109, P. 238.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -43.43506, -19.54667

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Conceicao Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GUIMARAES, D., 1965, P. 385-395

  • Deposit

    GUIMARAES, D., 1961, BOL. NO. 109, P. 182

  • Deposit

    QUIRING, 1962, DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE: PLATINMETALLE, 16 BAND, ENKE VERLAG, STUTTGART, P. 113

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RICH IN PALLADIUM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Balcom, Raymond H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.