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Condado

Occurrence in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodities Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Rhodium, Osmium
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  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038306
MRDS ID M045636
Record type Site
Current site name Condado
Alternate or previous names Fazenda Do Condado and Serro Condado, Corrego Bom Sucesso, Condado Do Baixo Farm

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -43.24895, -18.49753 (WGS84)
Relative position NORTH OF CONCEIJAO NEAR ITAMBE' DO SERRO, 28 MILES SE OF DIAMANTINA.

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 Primary
Iridium Critical Tertiary
Rhodium Critical Tertiary
Osmium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PT IS VERY RICH IN PD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Martite Ore
Monazite Ore
Olivine Ore
Palladium Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Ore
Rutile Ore
Tourmaline Ore
Xenotime Ore
Zircon Ore

Analytical data

Result PT= 73.99%, IR= 0.08%, PD 21.77%, RH + OS= 3.14%, FE 0.10% OF PLATINUM CONCENTRATE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -43.24895, -18.49753
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CONDADO PLATINUM HAS A S.P.G. OF 15 TO 15.75 ; HR.AGE.MV: ALLUVIAL GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sabinapolis Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WOLLASTON, W.H., 1805, ON THE DISCOVERY OF PALLADIUM WITH OTHER SUBSTANCES FOUND WITH PLATINA: PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS, 95, 316.

  • Deposit

    HUSSAK, E., 1906, PD UND PT IN BRASILIEN: ZEITSCHRIFT FUR GEOLOGIE, SEPT. 1906, P. 289

  • Deposit

    GUIMARAES, D., 1965, P. 388; LEAO, J., MINES & MINERALS IN BRASIL.

  • Deposit

    WOLLASTON, W.H., 1809, ON PLATINA AND NATIVE PALLADIUM FROM BRAZIL: PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS, 99, 189-194.

  • Deposit

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

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

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