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Santana

Past Producer in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064794
MRDS ID TC39292
Record type Site
Current site name Santana
Related records 10064780

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -43.44338, -20.34442 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position NW OF MARIANA

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

  • FIELD IS IN ALLUVIUM W OF THE BLACK MTNS AND E OF THE COLORADO RIVER AND N OF ARIZONA RT 68; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = DAVIS DAM 1:24000; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = GRASSHOPPER JUNCTION 1:24000
  • USED AU MINE SYMBOL IN MORRO DE SANTANA MINE AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AGATES MAY BE COBBLE-SIZED, HAVE WATERWORN RIND, BRIGHT RED COMMON COLOR; SOME RED AND WHITE; WOOD BLACK AND GREY INSIDE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -43.44338, -20.34442
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name SANTANA

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDROCK OF THE BLACK MTNS INCLUDES MIDDLE PROTEROZOIC GRANITOID ROCKS; MIDDLE TO OLIGOCENE VOLCANIC ROCKS WITH SILICIC TO MAFIC FLOWS AND PYROCLASTIC ROCKS, INCLUDING SOME SUBVOLCANIC INTRUSIONS; AND MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE TO LATEST PLIOCENE ALLUVIUM WITH LESS ABUNDANT TALUS EOLIAN DEPOSITS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on development

  • LARGE AMOUNT OF BOULDERS AND COBBLES; EASILY ACCESSABLE AREAS WELL SEARCHED, HIKE A MILE OR MORE FOR BETTER GROUND

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LADEIRA, E.A., 1988, METALOGENIA DOS DEPOSITOS DE QUADRILATERO FERRIFERO, MINAS GERAIS, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITAS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO, ED., P. 301-375

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DO NOT ASSUME THAT THIS RECORD GIVES PERMISSION TO COLLECT IN THE AREA DESCRIBED HERE. LAND STATUS CAN CHANGE AND COLLECTORS NEED TO CHECK LOCALLY OR WITH THE COUNTY RECORDERS OFFICE.
Deposit MORE THAN 20 ADIT SYMBOLS AND A COUPLE OF SHAFTS SPREAD ALONG ABOUT 1.5 KM TO SOUTH OF MINE SYMBOL.

Reporter information

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

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