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Bela Fama

Past Producer in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodities Gold, Silver
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064762
MRDS ID TC39244
Record type Site
Current site name Bela Fama

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -43.83228, -19.99499 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Est +/- 30 Sec., Est +/- 30 Sec., Est +/- 30 Sec.

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

  • SSE OF NOVA LIMA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitazation, Carbonatization, Chloritization (Inner To Outer Zone)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Nova Lima Group
    Rock description Nova Lima Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -43.83228, -19.99499
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939

Mining district

District name Nova Lima District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner St. John Del Rey Mining Co.
    First year 1939
    Last year 1941

Comments on development

  • EAST FACING EXCAVATION ADITS MADE 1939-1941 FOR EXPLORATION, FOUND 2 ORE BODIES BOTH TOO SMALL AND LOW GRADE TO WARRANT MINING IN 1941

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VIEIRA, F.W.R., AND OLIVEIRA, G.A.I. DE, 1988, GEOLOGIA DO DISTRITO AURIFERO DE NOVA LIMA, MINAS GERAIS: PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITAS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO, EDS., P. 378-391.

  • Deposit

    GAIR, J.E., 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NOVA LIMA AND RIO ACIMA QUADRANGLES, MINAS GERAIS, BRASIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 341-A, 67 P.

  • Deposit

    VIEIRA, F.W.R., 1991, TEXTURES AND PROCESSES OF HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION AND MINERALIZATION IN THE NOVA LIMA GROUP, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL, IN BRAZIL GOLD '91, E.A. LADEIRA, ED.: BALKEMA, ROTTERDAM, P. 319-325.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-93 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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