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Panelas Mine

Producer in Parana, Brazil with commodity Lead
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068990
MRDS ID W002272
Record type Site
Current site name Panelas Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -49.13125, -24.66991 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 12 KM EAST OF ADRIANOPOLIS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Parana(province)

Brazil(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Brazil Parana

Comments on the location information

  • ON SOUTH BANK OF RIO RIBEIRA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alabandite Ore
Boulangerite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Acungui Group
    Rock description Acungi Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -49.13125, -24.66991
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N60e Trending Syncline; Faults Trending N40e.

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Thickness 8M
    Length 800M
    Width 182M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANITE IS POST-TECTONIC AND HAS A CONTACT AUREOLE WITH UP TO HORNBLENDE HORNFELS FACIES METAMORPHISM. THERE ARE THREE STRUCTURAL BLOCKS: ZONE A IN THE EAST PART OF THE CONCESSION; ZONE B IN THE CENTRAL PART AND ZONE C IN THE WESTERN PART. ZONE A HAS BEDDING THAT STRIKES N40E, DIPPING 40-50NW, ORE BODIES PLUNGE 15-30NE. ZONE B WITH BEDDING STRIKING N25E AND DIPPING 65NE, OREBODIES PLUNGE 20-30SW. ZONE C HAS BEDDING THAT STRIKES N25W AND DIPPING 40SW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Discoverer Prospector Joaquim Bamba

Mining district

District name Vale Do Ribeira

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Seabra Da Fonseca
    First year 1920
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Luis Florees De Moraes Rego
    First year 1935
    Last year 1938
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Plumbum S/A Industria Brasileira De Mineracao
    First year 1938

Production statistics

  • Year 1982
    Period 1939-1982
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^120 G/Mt Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 120g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1987 PRODUCED ABOUT 13000 MT/YEAR OF ORE YIELDING 650 MT OF PB AND THE MINE WSA CONSIDERED ALMOST EXHAUSTED.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ARE IN AREA OF 484.8 HECTARES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    R.H. NAGELL AND M.G. WHITE, 1974, LEAD-ZINC RESOURCES IN BRAZIL

  • Deposit

    ZACCARELLI, M.A., 1988, MINA DE CHUMBO DE PANELAS, PARANA, IN PRINCIPAIS DEPOSITOS MINERAIS DO BRASIL, EDS., C. SCHOBBENHAUS AND C.E.S. COELHO: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA, BRASILIA, V. III, P. 147-156.

  • Production

    ZACCARELLI (1988).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 92 ORE BODIES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE THREE ZONES THAT HAVE SIZE CHARACTERISTICS GIVEN ABOVE.
Deposit ONLY ONE VEIN (900 M LONG, 250 M WIDE, 1 M THICK) WAS MINED IN 1967. THE VEINS TREND PARALLEL TO ACUNGI LIMESTONE (N 65 E; DIP 60 NW).
Deposit Discovery Year: 1920'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-74 Warfle, Thomas M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 15-JAN-94 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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