Novo Astro Mine

Producer in Brazil with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056541
MRDS ID TC00582
Record type Site
Current site name Novo Astro Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -58.3493, -9.06463 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 KM SW OF LOURENCO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Brazil

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -58.3493, -9.06463

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Dip 55-65
    Width 6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault, Shearing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Prospectors From French Guiana
Year of first production 1984

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 24 g/mt Gold Major 1988

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1988, WORLD GOLD; MINES-DEPOSITS, DISCOVERIES; VOL. I: NORTH, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA: MINOBRAS MINING SERVICES, 156 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1991 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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