Tijucal/Corregos Do Tijucal

Occurrence in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodities Gold, Platinum, Palladium, Osmium

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10038309
MRDS ID	M045639
Record type	Site
Current site name	Tijucal/Corregos Do Tijucal

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-43.51562, -18.59753 (WGS84)
Relative position	37 MILES NW OF CONCEICAO

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	Secondary
Palladium Critical	Secondary
Osmium	Secondary

Analytical data

Result	PLATINUM CONCENTRATE ANALYSIS: PT 73.99%, YR 0.08%, PD 21.77%, FE 0, 10%, RH-OS, 3.14%, INSOLUBLE 0.92%. CONCENTRATE DENSITY= 16.26 GUIMARAES, 1961 BOL. NO. 109 P. 237

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-43.51562, -18.59753	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Serro Municipality

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M045639

Bibliographic references

Deposit

GUIMARAES, D. 1965 BOL NI 121 P. 387
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

Beyond USGS

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