Fazenda Da Limeira

Occurrence in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodities Platinum, Palladium, 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. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038293
MRDS ID M045618
Record type Site
Current site name Fazenda Da Limeira
Alternate or previous names Corrego Limeira

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -43.39201, -19.29251 (WGS84)
Relative position 120 KM NE BELLO HORIZONTE

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
Platinum Critical Primary
Palladium Critical Secondary
Gold Tertiary

Analytical data

Result SPONGEOUS PLATINUM CONCENTRATE: PT 34.96%, PD 64.44%, FE2O3 0.26%, SIO2 0.89%, AU= TRACE, CONCENTRATE DENSITY = 15.3. GUIMARAES, 1961, BOL. NO. 109, P. 238
Result PT= 0.01556 TOZ/ST IN SOILS, DES NO. 21, MAP, BELEZKIJ, V. & GUIMARAES, D., 1959, MINISTERIO DA AGRICULTURA., BOL. NO. 106

Nearby scientific data

(1) -43.39201, -19.29251

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 5.45M
    Length 100M
    Width 548M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Morro Do Pilar

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GUIMARAES, D., 1961, BOL. NO. 109, P. 238, 441

  • Deposit

    BELEZKIJ, V. & GUIMARAES, D., 1959, MAP (SERRA DO CIPO), BOL. NO. 106

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.