Cipo Prospect

Occurrence in Sao Paulo, Brazil with commodity Mica
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066413
MRDS ID TC42619
Record type Site
Current site name Cipo Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -46.83342, -23.9263 (WGS84)
Elevation 800
Relative position 10 KM S40W OF CIPO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sao Paulo(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Sao Paulo

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Albite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Kaolin 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) -46.83342, -23.9263

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 30-60S
    Thickness 2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Prof. Evangelos Demetrio Marcopolos

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFT N20W AND CROSS-CUT.

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

    MURDOCK, T.G., 1943, TRIP REPORT NO. 7, MICA DEPOSITS IN THE STATE OF SAO PAULO: UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT, 14P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1995 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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