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Laranjeiras Velhas

Past Producer in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodities Mica, Gemstone
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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. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099607
MRDS ID TC42541
Record type Site
Current site name Laranjeiras Velhas
Alternate or previous names Laranjeiras No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -40.95141, -18.52474 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(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
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Muscovite Ore
Albite 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) -40.95141, -18.52474
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DIKE-LIKE
    Strike N-S
    Dip 70-80W
    Length 35M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1940

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ferreira, Odette

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings OPEN PIT
    Length 35M
    Width 10M
    Overall depth 15M

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    UNPUBLISHED DATA (1945).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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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