Gongo Soco Gold Mine

Past Producer in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodities Gold, Palladium, Platinum
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. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064758
MRDS ID TC39238
Record type Site
Current site name Gongo Soco Gold Mine
Alternate or previous names Cumba Vein

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -43.59256, -19.9536 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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 CENTER OF GONGO SOCO MINING AREA SHOWN ON GONGO SOCO QUADRANGLE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Palladium Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Hematite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rutile Gangue
Talc Gangue

Analytical data

Result GOLD GRAMS CONTAIN 5.1% AG, 4.2% PD, 0.10% PT

Nearby scientific data

(1) -43.59256, -19.9536

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Assymmetric Solds

Ore body information

  • Thickness 400M
    Length 1500M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1695
Year of first production 1800
Year of last production 1856

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Coronel Manuel De Camara De Noronha
    First year 1800
    Last year 1808
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Imperial Brazilian Mining Association
    First year 1826
    Last year 1856

Comments on the production information

  • 13 METRIC TONS PRODUCED 1826-1856; 12 METRIC TONS 1826-1839. ABOUT 67.9% OF 1826-1856 WAS PRODUCED BY SCREENING AND HAND SORTING NUGGETS, WIRES, FLAKES AND THE REST FROM STAMP MILLS.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT TO 140 M, SCORES OF ADITS, TUNNELS

Comments on development

  • 1695 GOLD DISCOVERED IN HEADWATERS OF GONGO SOCO; GOLD WAS USED AS BARTER BY THE INDIANS AS EARLY AS 1599 FROM THE AREA. FROM 1695 TO MID 18TH CENTURY GOLD PLACER ACTIVITY WAS EXTENSIVE ALONG RIO SOCORRO AND CONCEICAO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CEASAR, P. DE A.B., 1984, PRINCIPIAS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS: CONCEITOS, METODOLOGIA E LISTAGEM IN SCHOBBENHAUS, C., AMEIDA CAMPOS, D., DERZE, G.R., AND ASMUS, H.E., EDS., GEOLOGIA DO BRASIL: BRASILIA, DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DA PRODUCAO MINERAL, P. 249-419.

  • Deposit

    DORR, J.V.N., AND BARBOSA, A.L.M., 1963, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ITABIRA DISTRICT, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 341-C, P. 105 C.

  • Deposit

    LADEIRA, E.A., 1991, GENESIS OF GOLD IN QUADRILATERO FERRIFERO, A REMARKABLE CASE OF PERMANENCY, RECYCLING AND INHERITANCE - A TRIBUTE TO DJALMA GUIMARAES, PIERRE ROUTHIER AND HANS RAMBERG: IN BRAZIL GOLD '91 E.A. LADEIRA, ED., BALKEMA ROTTERDAM, P. 11-30.

  • Deposit

    MOORE, S.L., 1969, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTONIO DOS SANTOS, GONGO SOCO AND CONCEICAO DO RIO ACIMA QUADRANGLES, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 341-I, 50 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    CEASAR (1984), DORR AND BARBOSA (1963), LADEIRA (1991)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE VERY RICH AT SURFACE DROPPING TO 2 G/T AT 128 M. AREA TRAVERSED BY CONTACT BETWEEN DOLOMITE OF GANDORELA FORMATION AND DOLOMITIC ITABIRITE OF THE UPPER PART OF THE CAUE ITABIRITE. LOWER GRADE IN DOLOMITE AND HIGH GRADE IN ITABIRITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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