1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Morro Redondo

Past Producer in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodity Mica
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066255
MRDS ID TC42375
Record type Site
Current site name Morro Redondo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -41.90085, -20.52024 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1 KM W OF CAPARAO.

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

  • ON CREST OF LOW ROUNDED HILL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -41.90085, -20.52024
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 70 SE
    Thickness 8M
    Length 40M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1928

Mining district

District name Espera Feliz

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Amaral, Alencar

Comments on the production information

  • ORE (1) PEGMATITE WITH STRIPPING RATIO OF 1.5:1 OVERBURDEN TO PEGMATITE; ORE (2) MINE CRUDE MICA; 200-500 KG PER MONTH (1944).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PECORA, W.T., KLEPPER, M.R., LARRABEE, D.M., BARBOSA, A.L.M., AND FRAYHA, RESK, 1950, MICA DEPOSITS IN MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 964-C, P. 205-305.

  • Deposit

    KLEPPER, M.R., AND FRAYHA, RESK, 1944, MICA DEPOSITS NEAR CAPARAO, MUNICIPIOS OF ESPERA FELIZ AND MANHUMIRIM, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 33 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ANNUAL PRODUCTION: UNPUBLISHED DATA. CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION: PECORA ET AL (1950)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIZE OF PEGMATITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site