Corte Grande

Past Producer in Minas Gerais, Brazil with commodities Tin, Tantalum, Lithium
Sections on this page
  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. 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 10062068
MRDS ID TC35261
Record type Site
Current site name Corte Grande

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -44.33562, -20.99774 (WGS84)
Relative position 200 KM NW OF RIO DE JANEIRO, 150 KM SSW OF BELO HORIZONTE.

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
Tin Critical Primary
Tantalum Critical Primary
Lithium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Spodumene Ore
Tantalite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Rio Das Velhas Supergroup
    Rock description Rio Das Velhas Supergroup
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -44.33562, -20.99774

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sao Joao Del Rei District

Comments on the production information

  • DEVELOPED PRODUCER, UNKNOWN ACTIVITY.

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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