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Pequeri Mine

Past Producer in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodities Mica, Kaolin
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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 10066430
MRDS ID TC42638
Record type Site
Current site name Pequeri Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -43.14864, -21.80243 (WGS84)
Elevation 650
Relative position BY ROAD, 6 KM NW OF VILA PEQUERI.

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 EAST SIDE OF CAGADO RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Kaolin Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolin Ore
Muscovite Ore
Beryl Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -43.14864, -21.80243
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 40-45NW
    Thickness 18M
    Length 360M
    Width 55M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1936
Discoverer Edmundo Duarte

Mining district

District name Pequeri District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Augustinho Soares Mendonca
    First year 1943
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Ida Micheli Campos

Comments on the production information

  • OPEN PIT MOVED 130000 MT, UNDERGROUND 5400 MT OF WHICH 79,349 MT WERE PEGMATITE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 11,700 TONS INDICATED AND 13,300 TONS INFERRED PEGMATITE.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT AND IRREGULAR UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.

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., LARRABEE, D.M., BARBOSA, A.L.M., 1944, THE PEQUERI MICA MINE, MUNICIPIO OF BICAS, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 17P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    KLEPPER ET AL (1944).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISCORDANT PEGMATITE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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