Rio Doce

Producer in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodities Platinum, Chromium
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 10038997
MRDS ID M046502
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Doce

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -42.6656, -19.66416 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 60 MILES EAST OF 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

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION ON RIVER GENERALLY EAST OF BELLO HORIZONTE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Chromium Critical Secondary

Analytical data

Result PANNED SAMPLE = PT 87%, CR 13%

Nearby scientific data

(1) -42.6656, -19.66416

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SANDS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sao Domingos Da Prata

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FREYBERG, 1934, DIE BODENSCHATZE DES STAATES MINAS GERAES, BRASILEN: STUTTGART 1934

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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