Diamantina District

Past Producer in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodities Gold, Diamond, Platinum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000955
MRDS ID M045602
Record type District
Current site name Diamantina District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -43.61566, -18.28084 (WGS84)

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
Gold Primary
Diamond Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -43.61566, -18.28084

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both

Mining district

District name DIAMANTINA DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IMPERIAL INSTITUTE, 1936, P. 106

  • Deposit

    FREISE, F.W., 1933, NO. 14

  • Deposit

    QUIRING, 1962, PLATINMETALLE: DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE, 16 BAND, ENKE VERLAG, STUTTGART, P.113

Beyond USGS

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