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Rio Abaete

Past Producer in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodities Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Osmium, Iridium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038290
MRDS ID M045614
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Abaete
Alternate or previous names Tributary of Sao Francisco, Nova Lorena Diamantina 1801

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -45.86567, -18.31949 (WGS84)
Elevation 505
Relative position 120 KMS S.E. OF FORTALEZA , 70 MILES WEST OF CORINTHO.

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
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Diamond Primary
Osmium Tertiary
Iridium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Almandite Ore
Chromite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrope Ore

Analytical data

Result PD= TRACE, CU= TRACE, PLATIUM METALS= 82.81%, HUSSAK 1906, FE 9.62%, PD TRACE, CU TRACE, PT 82.81% GENERAL SAMPLE OF PLATINUM CONCENTRATE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -45.86567, -18.31949
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tiros District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUMB, A.D., 1920, THE PT. METALS: JOHN MURRAY LONDON, P. 52

  • Deposit

    HUSSAK, E., 1906, PALLADIUM UND PLATIN IN BRASILIEN: ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PRAKTISCHE GEOLOGIE, SEPT. 1906, P. 286-287

  • Deposit

    IMPERIAL INSTITUTE, 1936, P. 104

  • Deposit

    LEAO, J., MINES & MINERALS IN BRASIL; MORAES, 1934, P. 67-68

  • Deposit

    5) QUIRING, 1962, DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE: PLATINMETALLE, 16 BAND, ENKE VERLAG STUTTGART, P. 112

  • Deposit

    6) HUSSAK, 1906, O PALLADIO E A PLATINA NO BRASIL:ANNAES DA ESCOLA DE MINAS, OURO PRETO, P. 171

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

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