Pau Branco

Producer in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodity Iron
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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10207149
MAS/MILS ID 3510230052
Record type Site
Current site name Pau Branco

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -43.98225, -20.14748 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500

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
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -43.98225, -20.14748

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pico De Itabir.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Demonstrated 27100000mt ore
    Total resources 27100000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 57 wt-pct Iron Trace 1993

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUN 93,P. 36.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 8-8-75 DATA IS FOR ABOUT 1961. CURRENT STATUS IS UNKNOWN. AL IS FROM USGS PROF. PAPER 341-F. WALLACE ALSO INCLUDES SOME MINING DATA. MINING WAS PRIMITIVE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-AUG-1994 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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