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

Franklin

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066292
MRDS ID TC42429
Record type Site
Current site name Franklin

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -41.88224, -20.52024 (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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -41.88224, -20.52024
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 55 SE
    Thickness 0.5M

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 Operator
    Owner Dedicio Queiroz (1940'S)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Genesio Franklin De Souza (1940'S)

Comments on the production information

  • LESS THAN 200 KG PER MONTH (1944).

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL 23 M LONG, OPEN PIT 10 X 7 M.

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

    MCGAVOCK, 1944, UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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