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Morro Das Bicas

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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 10064786
MRDS ID TC39281
Record type Site
Current site name Morro Das Bicas
Alternate or previous names Part of Raposos Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -43.80423, -19.9686 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 1 KM S OF RAPOSOS ON E SIDE OF RIO DAS VELHAS

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
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation
    Rock unit name Nova Lima
    Rock description Nova Lima
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -43.80423, -19.9686
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name MORRO DAS BICAS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Nova Lima District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner St. John Del Rey Mining Co.
    First year 1910

Comments on the production information

  • MINING DISCONTINUED IN 1930'S; PRODUCTION INCLUDES MINA GRANDE AND ESPIRITO SANTOS

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.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    GAIR (1963)

Reporter information

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

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