Morro Pilar

Producer in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodities Platinum, Palladium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109582
MRDS ID M046518
Record type Site
Current site name Morro Pilar
Alternate or previous names Morro Do Pilar

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -43.38228, -19.23084 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR THE RIO SIPO, 12 MILES SOUTH OF CONCEICAO

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
Platinum Critical Primary
Palladium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PT OCCURS AS GRAINS WITH VARIABLE DIMENSIONS. A PLATINUM CRUST COVERS THE GRAINS OF LARGER DIMENSIONS WHILE THE INTERNAL PART IS FORMED OF PT AND PD WITH PD PREDOMINATING

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Zircon Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE ORE = .0097 OZ PT/TON

Nearby scientific data

(1) -43.38228, -19.23084

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pt Occurs In Fracture Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Municipio De Conceicao Do Mato Dentro

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OLIVA E VIEIRA, 1973, PERFIL ANALITICO DA PLATINA: MINISTERIO DAS MINAS E ENERGIA BOLETIM 19, P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1976 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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