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Uniao

Past Producer in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodity Mica
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105408
MRDS ID TC42608
Record type Site
Current site name Uniao

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -42.37891, -21.01217 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 KM WEST OF KM MARK 214 ON RIO-BAHIA HIGHWAY, 12 KM SOUTH OF GLORIA.

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
Kaolin Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -42.37891, -21.01217
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N50W
    Dip 70SW
    Plunge NE
    Thickness 10M
    Length 55M
    Width 20M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1941

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Abelard Goulart

Comments on the production information

  • OPEN PIT REMOVE 50000 CUBIC METERS, 20000 CUBIC METERS WERE PEGMATITE, PRODUCING 25 MT CRUDE MINE MICA 1943-1945, OF WHICH 5% WAS SHEET MICA.

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., AND FRAYHA, RESK, 1946, MICA DEPOSITS IN THE JUIZ DE FORA-CARATINGA REGION, SOUTHEASTERN MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SUREVY UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 65P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    PECORA ET AL (1950).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIMENSIONS OF QUARTZ CORE; DISCORDANT.

Reporter information

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

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