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Paraizo #1

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066266
MRDS ID TC42392
Record type Site
Current site name Paraizo #1
Alternate or previous names Paraiso #1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -41.90669, -20.52357 (WGS84)
Elevation 889
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 6 KM WSW OF CAPARAO

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
Kaolin Ore
Muscovite Ore
Beryl Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -41.90669, -20.52357
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Manoel Fernandes Lima Filho
  • Type Owner
    Owner Joaquim Leandro De Souza

Comments on the production information

  • CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION: GREATER THAN 500 KG PER MONTH (1944); KAOLIN MINING ON A SMALL SCALE. INACTIVE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Comments on the workings information

  • 410 METERS OF CROSSCUTS, 75 M OF DRIFTS.

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, 1944, MICA DEPOSITS NEAR CAPARAO, MUNICIPIOS OF ESPERA FELIZ AND MANHUMIRIM, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED REPORT; 33 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ANNUAL PRODUCTION: UNPUBLISHED DATA. CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION: PELORA ET AL (1980); KLEPPER AND FRAYHA (1944).

Reporter information

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

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