Mina Fabiao

Past Producer in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065528
MRDS ID TC40870
Record type Site
Current site name Mina Fabiao

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -44.21092, -15.14488 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 2.5 KM N OF FABIAO

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
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COARSE-GRAINED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Galena Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -44.21092, -15.14488

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Thickness 1M
    Length 5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1957

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Amynthas Jacques De Moraes .
    First year 1957

Comments on the production information

  • ORE WAS STOCKPILED IN 1957. UNKNOWN LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

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

  • Production

    ROBERTSON (1963).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCURS JUST BELOW CONTACT OF DOLOMITE AND LIMESTONE, 4 MINERALIZED ZONES ALONG 100 M IN E SIDE OF A VALLEY; DIMENSIONS FOR LARGEST LENSES.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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