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Taquari

Past Producer in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065524
MRDS ID TC40865
Record type Site
Current site name Taquari

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -44.21093, -15.07127 (WGS84)
Elevation 660
Location accuracy 5000(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

  • 1 KM SW OF PIMENTEIRA PROSPECT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Recrystallization

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE: 10.4% PB, 26.2% ZN, 0.1% V, TR AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bambui Group
    Rock description Bambui Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -44.21093, -15.07127
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name GOSSAN
    Strike N45E}N55W
    Dip VERTICAL}
    Thickness 1M
    Length 12M
    Width 2M
  • Dip VERTICAL}
    Length 12M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • UNKNOWN LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT 12 M WIDE, 16 M LONG, 3 M DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTSON, J.F., 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS IN THE MUNICIPIO DE JANUARIA, STATE OF MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1110-B, 110 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODY 0: GALENA MOST ABUNDANT SULFIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-94 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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