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Rio Das Mortes

Occurrence in Brazil with commodity Platinum
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  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038283
MRDS ID M045606
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Das Mortes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -40.76556, -20.49745 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR ARAGUAYA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Brazil

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES ARE FOR ARAGUAYA, TAKEN FROM NIMA'S GEONAMES DATABASE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -40.76556, -20.49745
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Matto Grosso

Comments on the production information

  • VALLEY ALLUVIUM YIELDED .119 OZ PT/TON IN NUGGETS UP TO .25 MM DIA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUIRING, 1962, DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE: PLATINMETALLE 16 BAND, ENKE VERLAG STUTTGART, P. 116

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.

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