Candonga Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038305
MRDS ID M045634
Record type Site
Current site name Candonga Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -42.96561, -18.76419 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR SAN MIGUEL DE GUANHAES, 32 MILES NE OF CONCEICAO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bahia(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Bahia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Palladium Critical Secondary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dolomite Ore

Analytical data

Result A PALLADIUM - GOLD SAMPLE CONTAINED 5-8% PD (HUSSAK 1906)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -42.96561, -18.76419

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: ITABIRITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Guanhaes Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUMB,A.D., 1920, THE PLATINUM METALS: JOHN MURRAY, LONDON, P. 54.

  • Deposit

    QUIRING, 1962, DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE: PLATINMETALLE 16 BAND. ENKE VERLAG, STUTTGART, P.115

  • Deposit

    HUSSAK, 1906, O PALLADIO E A PLATINA NO BRASIL: ANNAES DA ESCOLA DE MINAS DE OURO PRETO, NO. 8, P. 99

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AU, OCCURS IN GRAINS OF HIGH STANDARD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Balcom, Raymond H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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