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Aviao

Past Producer in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodity Mica
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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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066276
MRDS ID TC42407
Record type Site
Current site name Aviao
Alternate or previous names Areiao

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -41.88724, -20.51385 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(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

  • FEW HUNDRED METERS E OF CAPARAO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Kaolin Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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) -41.88724, -20.51385
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80W
    Dip 70 SW
    Thickness 3M
    Length 50M
    Width 20M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Espera Feliz

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Genesio Franklin De Souza

Comments on the production information

  • LESS THAN 200 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

    PECORA ET AL (1950), KLEPPER AND FRAYHA (1944).

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

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

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